Al Ittihad vs Al Feiha: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 07.January
Match begins: 16:55 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

1st place in the Pro League table for Al Ittihad so far this season, a competent showing. The match-going supporters pray for more points as 6th-placed Al Feiha visit King Abdullah Sports City.

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (29) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have scored more than double the goals of Al Feiha.

This stadium has grass, which is not Al Feiha's regular surface at their own pitch. When playing on grass Al Feiha have performed like this: Played 34 matches with the results 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 defeats with the goal numbers 44-35 (scored/conceded).

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Feiha have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Al Ittihad form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 8 Pro League games here at King Abdullah Sports City for Al Ittihad. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Al Ittihad has won five games in a row. The Al Shabab match was the last time out without a victory.

A good away victory last time out for Ittihad, who won 3-2 against Al Batin (placed 14th). A late climax in the match against Al Batin as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Camara.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Al Ittifaq.

The Ittihad manager Contra has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. From these home matches, Ittihad have conceded only 6 goals.

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Al Feiha form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Feiha's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Pro League. Al Feiha only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. The Feiha manager Rašović is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 48 days.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Ittifaq (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Pro League match ended in a draw 1-1.

A draw for Feiha before that, at their own venue hosting Abha (0-0).

The attacking power of Feiha when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Feiha have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Feiha - Al Ittihad 1-0 was the output when this pair of sides previously played each other, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior eight meetings): Ittihad won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Feiha got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
8 goals
Al FeihaR. Lopes de Freitas
R. Lopes de Freitas
6 goals
IttihadH. Camara
H. Camara
4 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Feiha missing players

Al Ittihad Al Feiha
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 8 4 Played P 3 9 15
10 6 4 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
2 1 0 Lost L 2 4 4
29 19 10 Scored S 1 8 14
12 6 2 Conceded C 3 11 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 87%
79% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 78% 60%
50% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 20%
29% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 7%
21% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 47%
36% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 40%
14% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 27%
 
3.9 4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.9 2.8
4.8 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 6.4 6.3
2.1 2.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.9 9.6 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 8
5.3 5.2 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 3.5
39% 45% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 29% 27%
 
8.5 6.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 13.3 11.9
3 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Feiha have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Feiha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have scored more than double the goals of Al Feiha.
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (29) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 Ittihad 14 10 2 2 29 12 8 6 1 1 19 6 6 4 1 1 10 6 17 32
2 Al Shabab 14 8 4 2 26 12 8 6 2 0 19 7 6 2 2 2 7 5 14 28
3 Dhamk 14 7 5 2 21 16 7 4 3 0 8 3 7 3 2 2 13 13 5 26
4 Al Hilal 14 6 6 2 21 17 8 4 2 2 11 9 6 2 4 0 10 8 4 24
5 Al Nassr 14 7 2 5 23 17 7 4 1 2 13 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 23
6 Al Feiha 15 5 6 4 14 12 6 4 2 0 6 1 9 1 4 4 8 11 2 21
7 Al Raed 14 6 3 5 21 20 7 5 1 1 10 3 7 1 2 4 11 17 1 21
8 Al Ta'ee 15 6 1 8 15 21 7 4 0 3 12 10 8 2 1 5 3 11 -6 19
9 Al Ittifaq 15 4 5 6 21 26 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 2 2 4 14 18 -5 17
10 Al Fateh 13 4 4 5 18 18 5 2 2 1 11 7 8 2 2 4 7 11 0 16
11 Al Ahli 14 3 6 5 15 17 7 2 4 1 10 6 7 1 2 4 5 11 -2 15
12 Al Faisaly 14 3 6 5 15 19 8 3 3 2 12 11 6 0 3 3 3 8 -4 15
13 Abha 14 4 3 7 14 23 7 3 2 2 11 10 7 1 1 5 3 13 -9 15
14 Al Batin 15 3 5 7 13 19 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 0 3 4 4 8 -6 14
15 Al Taawon 14 2 5 7 22 30 6 1 2 3 9 11 8 1 3 4 13 19 -8 11
16 Al Hazm 15 2 5 8 10 19 8 1 4 3 8 11 7 1 1 5 2 8 -9 11