The home coach Contra aiming to whip up Al Ittihad win vs Al Batin

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 27.June
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Only three points will satisfy the Al Ittihad club members in this King Abdullah Sports City clash with Al Batin, as they enjoy a robust lead on their opponents in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (62) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Batin have scored away.

Al Batin are struggling to avoid relegation. Al Ittihad's stadium, King Abdullah Sports City, has a grass surface. Al Batin have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Batin when playing on grass; 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 28.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Batin have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Ittihad and Al Batin.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Al Ittihad are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah Sports City. 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Ittihad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Ittifaq's place. The match ended 3-1 with Hamedallah and Romarinho (2) scoring. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without.

Heartbreak before that as Al Ittihad lost 0-1 at Al Tai's place.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ittihad home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 14 games), Al Ittihad's attacking play is working. Al Ittihad are not conceding a lot of goals here at King Abdullah Sports City in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.

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Al Batin form and stats

Al Batin have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-3-9 (14 played).

Al Batin had fun at their own home (King Abdullah Sports City) last time out, beating Dhamk 2-1. Rayhi and Al-Shammari scored.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Hazm with the score of 3-2.

The attacking power of Batin when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Batin have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Batin - Al Ittihad 2-3 was the scoreline in these squads' last head-to-head match, played this season. Al Ittihad-Al Batin H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ittihad eight wins, Al Batin one win, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
20 goals
Al IttihadA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
12 goals
Al BatinF. Gonçalves Abreu
F. Gonçalves Abreu
9 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Batin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ittihad Al Batin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
20 11 5 Won W 0 2 8
4 1 0 Drew D 2 3 8
5 2 0 Lost L 2 9 13
62 31 12 Scored S 1 11 31
29 10 2 Conceded C 6 22 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 86%
83% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
59% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 45%
31% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 31%
17% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 17%
52% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 45%
38% 57% 80% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 24%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 57% 45%
 
4.1 4.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 3.5 3.5
4.5 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.7 4
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.3
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.7 8.7 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.4 7.3
4.9 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.4
44% 49% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 22% 31%
 
7.1 5.3 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.4 10.8
2.8 2 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Batin have scored away.
  • Al Ittihad have the most points (34) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (62) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 29 19 7 3 61 27 14 10 2 2 29 14 15 9 5 1 32 13 34 64
2 Al Ittihad 29 20 4 5 62 29 14 11 1 2 31 10 15 9 3 3 31 19 33 64
3 Al Nassr 29 18 4 7 56 35 14 9 2 3 29 18 15 9 2 4 27 17 21 58
4 Al Shabab 29 15 9 5 52 36 14 9 4 1 28 12 15 6 5 4 24 24 16 54
5 Dhamk 29 12 7 10 37 43 14 7 4 3 18 17 15 5 3 7 19 26 -6 43
6 Al Fateh 29 9 8 12 44 39 15 5 3 7 31 25 14 4 5 5 13 14 5 35
7 Al Feiha 29 8 11 10 21 23 14 7 5 2 11 4 15 1 6 8 10 19 -2 35
8 Abha 29 9 8 12 27 42 15 7 5 3 17 16 14 2 3 9 10 26 -15 35
9 Al Tai 29 10 4 15 30 45 14 6 3 5 22 22 15 4 1 10 8 23 -15 34
10 Al Taawon 29 7 12 10 42 47 15 4 6 5 20 22 14 3 6 5 22 25 -5 33
11 Al Faisaly 29 7 12 10 27 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 14 0 6 8 6 21 -8 33
12 Al Raed 29 9 6 14 34 45 14 6 2 6 13 15 15 3 4 8 21 30 -11 33
13 Al Batin 29 8 8 13 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 19 14 2 3 9 11 22 -10 32
14 Al Ahli Jeddah 29 6 13 10 38 43 15 4 7 4 24 21 14 2 6 6 14 22 -5 31
15 Al Ittifaq 29 7 10 12 39 47 15 4 5 6 19 22 14 3 5 6 20 25 -8 31
16 Al Hazm 29 4 5 20 23 47 15 3 4 8 17 23 14 1 1 12 6 24 -24 17

Table
  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 29 19 7 3 61 27 14 10 2 2 29 14 15 9 5 1 32 13 34 64
2 Al Ittihad 29 20 4 5 62 29 14 11 1 2 31 10 15 9 3 3 31 19 33 64
3 Al Nassr 29 18 4 7 56 35 14 9 2 3 29 18 15 9 2 4 27 17 21 58
4 Al Shabab 29 15 9 5 52 36 14 9 4 1 28 12 15 6 5 4 24 24 16 54
5 Dhamk 29 12 7 10 37 43 14 7 4 3 18 17 15 5 3 7 19 26 -6 43
6 Al Fateh 29 9 8 12 44 39 15 5 3 7 31 25 14 4 5 5 13 14 5 35
7 Al Feiha 29 8 11 10 21 23 14 7 5 2 11 4 15 1 6 8 10 19 -2 35
8 Abha 29 9 8 12 27 42 15 7 5 3 17 16 14 2 3 9 10 26 -15 35
9 Al Tai 29 10 4 15 30 45 14 6 3 5 22 22 15 4 1 10 8 23 -15 34
10 Al Taawon 29 7 12 10 42 47 15 4 6 5 20 22 14 3 6 5 22 25 -5 33
11 Al Faisaly 29 7 12 10 27 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 14 0 6 8 6 21 -8 33
12 Al Raed 29 9 6 14 34 45 14 6 2 6 13 15 15 3 4 8 21 30 -11 33
13 Al Batin 29 8 8 13 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 19 14 2 3 9 11 22 -10 32
14 Al Ahli Jeddah 29 6 13 10 38 43 15 4 7 4 24 21 14 2 6 6 14 22 -5 31
15 Al Ittifaq 29 7 10 12 39 47 15 4 5 6 19 22 14 3 5 6 20 25 -8 31
16 Al Hazm 29 4 5 20 23 47 15 3 4 8 17 23 14 1 1 12 6 24 -24 17

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