The league table in Pro League tells a story about these teams so far, with Al Ittihad leading Al Faisaly by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
- Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
Al Ittihad and Al Faisaly should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
11-8-19 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Al Faisaly when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 47-55 (scored/conceded).
Al Faisaly have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Ittihad form and stats
4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Ittihad so far this season.
It's back home for Ittihad, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Taawon away with the result 2-1. Romarinho found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Ahli Jeddah that finished 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ittihad handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
Al Ittihad has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 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 6 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Faisaly form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Al Faisaly playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Al Faisaly's previous game versus Dhamk (placed 15th), a Pro League 2-0 win played at home. A 2-4 loss hosting Al Wahda before that.
Faisaly are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
A new game in only four days for Faisaly, the Pro League home match versus Al Ahli Jeddah. Busy days.
Al Faisaly have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Faisaly have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Faisaly - Ittihad 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ittihad two wins, four draws and Al Faisaly four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Al Ittihad missing players
Al Faisaly missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Faisaly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 95% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 79% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 68% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 63% |
| 21% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 16% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| 4 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 33% | 42% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 32% |
- Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 Shabab | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Taawon | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Nassr | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Al Fateh | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Abha | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Al Batin | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Al Faisaly | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Al Raed | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Dhamk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 14 |