Al Ittihad v Al Hilal betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 23.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Pro League: Two contenders who have done nicely as yet. Let's get ready for Al Ittihad - Al Hilal with this broad preview!

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League
  • Al Hilal is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League

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

Al Hilal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Kings Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

This stadium, King Abdullah Sports City, has been a fortress for Al Ittihad in the Pro League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-1-1. Ittihad has won so many consecutive home games (eight in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at King Abdullah Sports City. We remember; it was Al Shabab.

Al Ittihad drew their last game, 4-4 away at Al Fateh (placed 8th). Opportunity lost for Al Ittihad in the Al Fateh match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Ittihad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Goals decide football matches and Ittihad are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 13 league matches. Al Ittihad have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Hilal form and stats

Al Hilal have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 7-5-1 from 13 games. Hilal love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Al Hilal delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Feiha in their previous match; a Kings Cup duel.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Al Ittifaq.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Al Hilal - Al Ittihad 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ittihad victory, two draws and seven Al Hilal wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
17 goals
Al HilalM. Marega
M. Marega
12 goals
Al IttihadA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
11 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Hilal missing players

Al Ittihad Al Hilal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
19 11 2 Won W 2 7 16
4 1 0 Drew D 1 5 7
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
58 30 5 Scored S 10 26 53
24 7 3 Conceded C 4 12 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 81%
58% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 46% 50%
27% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 42%
19% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 31%
50% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 54%
42% 62% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 38%
8% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
4.2 4.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.8 6.7
4.7 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 2.3 2.6
2.1 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.1 2
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12 12.7
4.9 4.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 5.1 5.3
45% 52% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 39% 38%
 
7.3 5.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 8.7 8.1
2.8 1.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.3 3.3
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Hilal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Hilal have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Pro League
  • Al Hilal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Hilal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Al Hilal is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have the most points (34) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals (58) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+34) 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 26 19 4 3 58 24 13 11 1 1 30 7 13 8 3 2 28 17 34 61
2 Al Hilal 26 16 7 3 53 26 13 9 2 2 27 14 13 7 5 1 26 12 27 55
3 Al Nassr 27 17 3 7 51 33 13 9 1 3 28 17 14 8 2 4 23 16 18 54
4 Al Shabab 27 14 8 5 49 35 14 9 4 1 28 12 13 5 4 4 21 23 14 50
5 Dhamk 26 12 6 8 36 38 13 7 4 2 18 14 13 5 2 6 18 24 -2 42
6 Abha 27 9 7 11 27 40 14 7 4 3 17 16 13 2 3 8 10 24 -13 34
7 Al Feiha 26 8 9 9 21 22 12 7 4 1 11 3 14 1 5 8 10 19 -1 33
8 Al Fateh 27 8 8 11 41 36 14 5 3 6 31 22 13 3 5 5 10 14 5 32
9 Al Ta'ee 27 9 4 14 29 44 13 5 3 5 21 22 14 4 1 9 8 22 -15 31
10 Al Ahli 27 6 12 9 36 39 14 4 7 3 23 18 13 2 5 6 13 21 -3 30
11 Al Ittifaq 27 7 9 11 37 43 14 4 5 5 18 19 13 3 4 6 19 24 -6 30
12 Al Raed 27 8 6 13 31 42 13 6 2 5 13 13 14 2 4 8 18 29 -11 30
13 Al Taawon 27 6 11 10 40 46 14 4 5 5 19 21 13 2 6 5 21 25 -6 29
14 Al Faisaly 27 6 11 10 25 34 13 6 5 2 19 13 14 0 6 8 6 21 -9 29
15 Al Batin 27 6 8 13 26 38 14 5 5 4 18 18 13 1 3 9 8 20 -12 26
16 Al Hazm 27 4 5 18 20 40 13 3 4 6 14 16 14 1 1 12 6 24 -20 17