It's still early in the Pro League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Al Ittihad - Al Ahli Jeddah preview!
The visiting Al Ahli Jeddah played their last game only four days ago, a Kings Cup match.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ittihad form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Pro League game of the season here at King Abdullah Sports City. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from Al Ittihad's 15 home games.
An away draw last time out for Ittihad, facing Al Fateh in a game that ended 2-2.
Al Ittihad has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Ahli Jeddah form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Pro League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Jeddah goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Al Wahda in the Pro League.
It's early days yet, but Al Ahli Jeddah has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ittihad one win, three draws and Al Ahli Jeddah six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Al Muwallad Al Harbi 1 goals | R. da Silva 1 goals | B. Corsini 1 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Ahli Jeddah missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Ahli Jeddah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 33% |
| Al Ittihad | Last season | Al Ahli Jeddah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 49 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 27% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 83% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 282 | 151 | Total Shots | T S | 152 | 370 | ||
| 126 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 147 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 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 Ittifaq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Raed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Fateh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Hilal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Abha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Dhamk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 64 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | -9 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Taawon | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Dhamk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 13 | Al Fateh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Feiha | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Al Hazm | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | Al Adalh | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -35 | 21 |