An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Al Ittifaq and Dhamk experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 16th place.
- Al Ittifaq has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Pro League
- Dhamk has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Pro League
Al Ittifaq and Dhamk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Dhamk's home stadium. The visitors last seven games on artifical turf have ended in 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Three Pro League home games done for Al Ittifaq, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Al Ittifaq, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Al Ittifaq drew their last game, 2-2 away at Al Nassr (placed 15th).
A disappointing finish for Al Ittifaq in their match versus Al Nassr as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ittifaq's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ittifaq here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Ittifaq with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Dhamk form and stats
No Pro League points yet away for Dhamk, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on N. Zekri, the Dhamk manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Dhamk had fun at their own home (Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium) last time out, beating Al Ahli Jeddah 4-3. Mazen Abu Shararah (2), E. Zelaya (2) and F. Chafaï scored. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Al Shabab's place.
An amazing comeback from Dhamk last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Mazen Abu Shararah scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Dhamk, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager N. Zekri when Mazen Abu Shararah scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Mazen Abu Shararah scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Al Ahli Jeddah.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dhamk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.
After this away game Dhamk return home for a Kings Cup game against Al Taawon. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dhamk have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Al Ittifaq won three games, one match ended with a draw and Dhamk has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeAl Ittifaq missing players
Dhamk missing players
| Al Ittifaq | Dhamk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 16.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 9.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 14% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
- Al Ittifaq has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittifaq has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittifaq have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Ittifaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Ittifaq's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Dhamk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dhamk has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Pro League
- Dhamk has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Pro League
- Dhamk have lost all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Hilal | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Taawon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Raed | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Abha | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Quadisiya | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Batin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Ittifaq | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Al-Ain | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Al Wahda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |