Al Ittihad vs Abha: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 14.January
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

It's advantage Al Ittihad so far with their 4th position in the Pro League table, welcoming Abha who are placed 8th.

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Al Ittihad have collected 11 points from their Pro League home games so far after 3-2-1. Ittihad haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Ittifaq, 88 days ago.

Ittihad's last game was hosting Dhamk (placed 16th) and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad won a home game hosting Al Shabab (2-1).

Ittihad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Ittihad have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Abha form and stats

There's been little loot from Abha's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Pro League. Abha only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

Impressive finishing from K. Aouadhi secured the home win 1-0 against Al Faisaly in their previous game. Prior to that result Abha won their away game at Al-Ain. The scoreline was 4-2.

Abha has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Abha's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Ittihad won four, Abha won two and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AbhaC. Strandberg
C. Strandberg
9 goals
IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
7 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Abha missing players

Al Ittihad Abha
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
5 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
1 1 1 Lost L 1 4 5
15 6 3 Scored S 0 9 16
10 3 3 Conceded C 1 11 16
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 67%
33% 17% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 58%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
67% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 58%
33% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
8% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 8.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 2 9.7 8.4
4.2 2.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 3.9
30% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 34%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Abha have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Abha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Abha haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Pro League

  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 12 7 4 1 20 8 7 4 2 1 11 4 5 3 2 0 9 4 12 25
2 Al Shabab 12 6 4 2 19 16 6 5 1 0 10 4 6 1 3 2 9 12 3 22
3 Al Ahli 12 7 1 4 19 20 5 3 1 1 6 6 7 4 0 3 13 14 -1 22
4 Al Ittihad 12 5 6 1 15 10 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 2 4 0 9 7 5 21
5 Al Wahda 12 6 1 5 16 15 7 3 1 3 11 11 5 3 0 2 5 4 1 19
6 Al Taawon 12 4 6 2 13 6 6 3 3 0 8 2 6 1 3 2 5 4 7 18
7 Al Fateh 12 5 2 5 20 20 5 1 1 3 8 12 7 4 1 2 12 8 0 17
8 Abha 12 5 2 5 16 16 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 2 0 4 9 11 0 17
9 Al Ittifaq 12 5 2 5 19 20 5 2 0 3 7 11 7 3 2 2 12 9 -1 17
10 Al Quadisiya 12 5 2 5 17 18 7 4 1 2 12 10 5 1 1 3 5 8 -1 17
11 Al Nassr 12 4 2 6 18 18 6 2 2 2 11 8 6 2 0 4 7 10 0 14
12 Al Faisaly 12 3 4 5 14 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 7 2 2 3 8 8 -3 13
13 Al Raed 12 3 4 5 14 17 6 1 2 3 7 10 6 2 2 2 7 7 -3 13
14 Al Batin 12 3 3 6 18 20 7 2 2 3 10 9 5 1 1 3 8 11 -2 12
15 Al-Ain 12 3 1 8 15 23 6 2 0 4 10 14 6 1 1 4 5 9 -8 10
16 Dhamk 12 2 2 8 15 24 6 2 1 3 9 11 6 0 1 5 6 13 -9 8