Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Al Ittihad welcome Al Feiha

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 19.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Al Ittihad - Al Feiha. 3rd place hosts 12th place. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
  • All of Al Feiha's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

6-7-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Al Feiha 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 21 matches are 30-27 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Al Feiha when visiting Ittihad as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at King Abdullah Sports City as Al Ittihad have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Pro League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Al Ittihad are returning here after visiting Al Batin and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Hamdallah and da Silva scored the goal(s).

Before that, Al Ittihad played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Al Shabab.

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 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Al Ittihad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Abdullah Sports City with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively Ittihad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Feiha form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Al Feiha have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Feiha, whose coach Rašović could celebrate last time after the win against Al Raed. An off the wall game with masses of goals last time out for Al Feiha, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as exciting?

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Batin.

Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Al Feiha find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Feiha struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these teams: Al Ittihad won five, Al Feiha triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

IttihadA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
8 goals
Al FeihaA. Nwakaeme
A. Nwakaeme
6 goals
Al FeihaP. Lucas de Paula
P. Lucas de Paula
4 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Feiha missing players

Al Ittihad Al Feiha
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
8 4 2 Won W 0 3 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 2 3 6
19 9 3 Scored S 0 10 16
6 2 0 Conceded C 6 12 22
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 62%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
38% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 62%
54% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 8%
23% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 31%
 
5.5 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 3.8
5.5 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6 5.7
1.8 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 7.9 8.7
4.5 6.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.4 3.3
33% 24% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 59% 37%
 
7.8 7.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 7.3 10.7
2.4 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 4.2
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Feiha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
  • All of Al Feiha's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  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 Nassr 13 9 3 1 27 6 7 5 2 0 15 4 6 4 1 1 12 2 21 30
2 Al Hilal 14 8 5 1 24 11 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 4 3 0 10 5 13 29
3 Al Ittihad 13 8 4 1 19 6 6 4 1 1 9 2 7 4 3 0 10 4 13 28
4 Al Shabab 13 8 3 2 26 9 7 5 2 0 16 1 6 3 1 2 10 8 17 27
5 Al Taawon 13 8 2 3 21 14 6 3 1 2 9 6 7 5 1 1 12 8 7 26
6 Abha 13 6 1 6 17 21 7 3 1 3 8 13 6 3 0 3 9 8 -4 19
7 Al Fateh 12 6 0 6 19 13 7 4 0 3 10 6 5 2 0 3 9 7 6 18
8 Dhamk 13 4 6 3 16 13 6 2 3 1 6 4 7 2 3 2 10 9 3 18
9 Al Ta'ee 13 6 0 7 18 19 6 4 0 2 12 6 7 2 0 5 6 13 -1 18
10 Al Ittifaq 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 3 1 3 8 6 6 1 3 2 4 6 0 16
11 Al Raed 14 5 1 8 16 23 8 2 1 5 9 16 6 3 0 3 7 7 -7 16
12 Al Feiha 13 4 3 6 16 22 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 3 1 3 10 12 -6 15
13 Al Wahda 12 3 3 6 8 13 5 3 2 0 6 2 7 0 1 6 2 11 -5 12
14 Al Khaleej 13 3 1 9 8 21 7 2 1 4 6 9 6 1 0 5 2 12 -13 10
15 Al Adalh 13 2 2 9 7 23 6 2 0 4 4 10 7 0 2 5 3 13 -16 8
16 Al Batin 13 0 2 11 8 36 6 0 1 5 5 18 7 0 1 6 3 18 -28 2