The visiting Al Ahli side should be favourites in this visit to Al Ittihad, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad's results here at King Abdullah Sports City in the Pro League have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Al Ittihad lost their last game at Abha (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
The Ittihad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Al Ahli form and stats
4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ahli in their Pro League matches away.
Ahli had fun at their own home (King Abdullah Sports City) last time out, beating Al Hazm 4-2. Omar Al Somah, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Yousef Saad Al Harbi and Asiri Haitham scored.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Ahli, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Ahli find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Ahli in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Ahli - Ittihad 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ittihad won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Al Ahli has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 14 goals |  R. da Silva 12 goals |  J. Tavares Semedo 8 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 31 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 40 |
| 35 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 78% |
| 70% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 61% |
| 22% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 65% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 17% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 232 | 122 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 119 | 287 |
| 100 | 47 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 53 | 120 |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 33% |
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Ittihad has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 7 | Abha | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 33 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Al Shabab | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 11 | Al Feiha | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Al Hazm | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Al Fateh | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 33 | -22 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Adalh | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 17 |