The Al Ittihad & Al Nassr managers Santo and Garcia are both dreading and feeling excited about this vital game in the higher area of the Pro League positions.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Al Nassr have the most scored goals (42) in Pro League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad have performed here at King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The Al Ittihad goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 607 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.
Happy days for Al Ittihad in their previous game, a fixture away at Al Khaleej (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Before that, Ittihad drew at home versus Al Raed.It should be noted that a look at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Ittihad as they are travelling to their away game against Al Feiha in the Kings Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The Al Ittihad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Ittihad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Nassr form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Pro League. In general it has been a productive period now for Al Nassr as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games.
Nassr are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Al Batin (placed 16th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Dhamk with the score of 3-0.Goal alert! This side have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all featuring at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Al Nassr have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 9 away matches. Al Nassr's manager Garcia has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ittihad have managed a streak of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (6-4-0) when facing Al Nassr.The fixture history shows this score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Al Nassr - Al Ittihad 0-0. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Souza Conceição 13 goals |   A. Hamdallah 12 goals |  C. Ronaldo 8 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Nassr missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Nassr | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 68% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 63% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 68% | 78% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 16% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 12.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 10.2 | 12.9 |
| 4.8 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 37% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 51% | 41% |
| 7.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.4 | 2 |
- Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (13) in Pro League
- Al Nassr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Nassr have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Nassr have the most scored goals (21) away in Pro League
- Al Nassr have the most scored goals (42) in Pro League
- Al Nassr have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
- Al Nassr have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Pro League
- Al Nassr have the the best goal difference (+32) in Pro League
- Al Nassr have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Hilal | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Feiha | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Dhamk | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Abha | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Al Raed | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -19 | 16 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -34 | 6 |
