Home advantage could prove decisive in Al Ittihad - Al Ahli Jeddah battle

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 06.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Al Ittihad reset their brains and bodies for another match following their 0-0 result against Al Ahli Jeddah, a match that produced some answers. What will happen against Al Ahli Jeddah?

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

It's no vacation for neither Al Ittihad nor Al Ahli Jeddah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Al Ittihad must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pro League games here at King Abdullah Sports City.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Ittihad, who played 0-0 against Al Ahli Jeddah. That match was also played at this venue (King Abdullah Sports City).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Feiha that finished 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ittihad handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Al Ittihad's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats

Al Ahli Jeddah are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Ittihad (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Ittifaq.

Al Ahli Jeddah are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

The Jeddah manager Jaissle has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. Al Ahli Jeddah can't defend away. 10 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Ittihad have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Al Ahli Jeddah.

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
5 goals
Al IttihadI. Coronado
I. Coronado
3 goals
Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
3 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Ahli Jeddah missing players

Al Ittihad Al Ahli Jeddah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
6 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 2 2 2
18 7 0 Scored S 4 7 16
5 5 0 Conceded C 9 10 13
78% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 78%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 56%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 33%
22% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
78% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
5 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4.7
3.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 2 3
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.6 11.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 19 12.8 14.6
6.1 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 6 5.6
33% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 32%
 
8.4 8.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8 7.4
3.1 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.5 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Ahli Jeddah have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (6) 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 Taawon 9 7 1 1 19 7 4 4 0 0 10 2 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 22
2 Al Hilal 8 6 2 0 23 7 4 3 1 0 11 2 4 3 1 0 12 5 16 20
3 Al Nassr 9 6 1 2 26 12 4 2 1 1 10 7 5 4 0 1 16 5 14 19
4 Al Ittihad 8 6 1 1 18 5 3 2 0 1 7 5 5 4 1 0 11 0 13 19
5 Al Fateh 9 5 2 2 22 15 4 2 1 1 11 8 5 3 1 1 11 7 7 17
6 Al Ittifaq 9 5 2 2 16 11 5 3 1 1 11 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 17
7 Al Ahli Jeddah 8 5 1 2 16 13 5 4 1 0 9 3 3 1 0 2 7 10 3 16
8 Al Wahda 8 4 0 4 16 16 4 3 0 1 11 6 4 1 0 3 5 10 0 12
9 Al Feiha 8 2 4 2 8 6 5 1 3 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 10
10 Dhamk 9 2 4 3 15 15 4 1 3 0 9 6 5 1 1 3 6 9 0 10
11 Al Shabab 9 2 3 4 11 17 4 1 2 1 7 6 5 1 1 3 4 11 -6 9
12 Al Khaleej 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 0 1 3 3 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 -5 8
13 Al Riyadh 9 2 2 5 8 21 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 1 1 2 4 11 -13 8
14 Al Akhdoud 8 2 1 5 5 9 4 0 0 4 1 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 -4 7
15 Abha 9 2 1 6 7 16 5 2 0 3 5 8 4 0 1 3 2 8 -9 7
16 Al Ta'ee 9 2 1 6 7 17 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 0 1 4 4 12 -10 7
17 Al Raed 8 1 1 6 6 15 5 1 0 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 1 3 -9 4
18 Al Hazm 9 0 3 6 7 23 4 0 1 3 3 11 5 0 2 3 4 12 -16 3