Al Ittihad vs Al Raed: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Thu 23.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (62345 seats)

The host team, Al Ittihad, should be expected winners in this fixture, but Al Raed have displayed both skill and bravery. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
  • Al Raed have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

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

Al Ittihad are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah Sports City. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

The Al Ittihad goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 427 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pro League.

Happy days for Al Ittihad in their previous game, a fixture away at Al Ittifaq (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.

Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad won a home game hosting Al Adalh (5-0).

Ittihad can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ittihad have only let in {2 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Raed form and stats

3-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Raed in their Pro League matches away.

Al Raed are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Wahda (placed 13th). Drawing 2-2 against Al Wahda after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Şumudică needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Before that, Raed secured a home win against Abha with the score 3-1.

Observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Al Raed have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Al Raed's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ittihad have won at least one point in the last 8 fixtures (4-4-0) against Al Raed.

The newest archived scoreline involving both these contenders is the Al Raed - Al Ittihad 0-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadA. Hamdallah
A. Hamdallah
11 goals
Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
5 goals
Al RaedM. Fouzair
M. Fouzair
5 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Raed missing players

Al Ittihad Al Raed
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
12 6 1 Won W 0 3 6
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 1 4 9
31 17 3 Scored S 0 9 21
6 2 1 Conceded C 1 12 29
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 76%
47% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 65%
12% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 29%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
29% 12% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 65%
65% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
18% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 29%
 
5.3 5.1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.8 5.5
5.2 3.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.8 6.1
1.8 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 12.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 7.8
4.7 6.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.1
39% 34% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 40%
 
7.6 6.1 16 Shots against (avg) S A 15 11.8 10.1
2.3 1.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) 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 (11) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
  • Al Raed have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Al Raed have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Raed 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 Nassr 17 12 4 1 36 9 9 7 2 0 18 5 8 5 2 1 18 4 27 40
2 Al Ittihad 17 12 4 1 31 6 8 6 1 1 17 2 9 6 3 0 14 4 25 40
3 Al Shabab 18 12 4 2 37 14 9 7 2 0 20 2 9 5 2 2 17 12 23 40
4 Al Hilal 15 9 5 1 26 12 8 5 2 1 16 7 7 4 3 0 10 5 14 32
5 Al Taawon 17 9 3 5 25 19 8 3 2 3 11 9 9 6 1 2 14 10 6 30
6 Al Fateh 17 9 1 7 28 19 9 5 1 3 14 8 8 4 0 4 14 11 9 28
7 Dhamk 16 5 7 4 21 17 8 3 4 1 10 6 8 2 3 3 11 11 4 22
8 Al Ta'ee 18 7 1 10 23 25 9 5 0 4 15 9 9 2 1 6 8 16 -2 22
9 Abha 17 7 1 9 21 28 8 4 1 3 10 13 9 3 0 6 11 15 -7 22
10 Al Raed 17 6 2 9 21 29 9 3 1 5 12 17 8 3 1 4 9 12 -8 20
11 Al Ittifaq 17 5 4 8 15 20 9 4 1 4 11 11 8 1 3 4 4 9 -5 19
12 Al Feiha 16 5 4 7 19 26 7 2 2 3 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 16 -7 19
13 Al Wahda 17 4 4 9 11 23 9 4 3 2 9 10 8 0 1 7 2 13 -12 16
14 Al Khaleej 15 4 1 10 11 23 8 3 1 4 9 9 7 1 0 6 2 14 -12 13
15 Al Adalh 17 2 4 11 12 34 8 2 2 4 7 13 9 0 2 7 5 21 -22 10
16 Al Batin 17 0 3 14 11 44 8 0 1 7 7 23 9 0 2 7 4 21 -33 3