One-sided contest expected as Al Ittihad welcomes Al Nassr Pro League preview of Al Ittihad - Al Nassr: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Mon 25.January
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

Al Ittihad perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Al Nassr can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Al Nassr is in the best form (5-1-0)

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Nassr, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Al Ittihad, who have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Pro League, at their home stadium (King Abdullah Sports City) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Ittihad are returning here after visiting Al-Ain in a Pro League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Haroune Camara and Romarinho scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad lost 0-1 at home to Abha.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Al Ittihad have performed as huge favourites like they are today: ten games found in the database showing one Ittihad win, two draws and seven defeats.

Ittihad aren't scoring a lot here at King Abdullah Sports City in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Al 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 4 from 7 matches.

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Al Nassr form and stats

3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Nassr in their Pro League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Nassr hope to make it five in this match. Nassr have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The supporters enjoyed Nassr's previous game versus Al Wahda (placed 8th), a Pro League 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Raed with the score of 1-0.

Nassr are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 13 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were seven wins, three draws and three defeats. Of the defeats, one game were lost by at least two goals margin.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Nassr have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Nassr in these games.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittihad-Al Nassr H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ittihad three wins, Al Nassr four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
8 goals
Al NassrP. dos Santos Araújo
P. dos Santos Araújo
4 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Nassr missing players

Al Ittihad Al Nassr
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 7 14
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
6 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 2 2 Lost L 3 4 6
17 6 2 Scored S 1 8 22
12 4 3 Conceded C 5 10 19
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 86%
36% 14% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 71%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
64% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 64%
29% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
14% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 7.6 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 13.1
4.1 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.7 6.1
29% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 20% 26%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Pro League
  • Al Nassr haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Nassr is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 Hilal 14 8 5 1 22 8 8 5 2 1 13 4 6 3 3 0 9 4 14 29
2 Al Shabab 14 7 5 2 23 17 7 5 2 0 11 5 7 2 3 2 12 12 6 26
3 Al Ahli 14 8 2 4 22 20 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 4 0 3 13 14 2 26
4 Al Ittihad 14 6 6 2 17 12 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 3 4 0 11 8 5 24
5 Al Taawon 14 5 6 3 15 9 6 3 3 0 8 2 8 2 3 3 7 7 6 21
6 Al Ittifaq 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 2 1 3 8 12 8 4 2 2 15 11 0 21
7 Al Nassr 14 6 2 6 22 19 7 3 2 2 14 9 7 3 0 4 8 10 3 20
8 Al Wahda 14 6 2 6 17 18 7 3 1 3 11 11 7 3 1 3 6 7 -1 20
9 Abha 14 6 2 6 17 19 6 3 2 1 7 5 8 3 0 5 10 14 -2 20
10 Al Quadisiya 14 5 4 5 20 21 8 4 2 2 13 11 6 1 2 3 7 10 -1 19
11 Al Fateh 14 5 3 6 22 23 6 1 1 4 9 14 8 4 2 2 13 9 -1 18
12 Al Faisaly 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 1 3 2 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 9 -3 15
13 Al Batin 14 3 4 7 19 23 7 2 2 3 10 9 7 1 2 4 9 14 -4 13
14 Al Raed 14 3 4 7 16 21 8 1 2 5 9 14 6 2 2 2 7 7 -5 13
15 Dhamk 14 3 3 8 17 24 8 3 2 3 11 11 6 0 1 5 6 13 -7 12
16 Al-Ain 14 3 1 10 16 28 8 2 0 6 11 19 6 1 1 4 5 9 -12 10