The Al Ittihad & Al Shabab bosses Santo and Peris are both fearing and looking forward to this very important match in the higher regions of the Pro League standings.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals in the first half (26) 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.
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Kings Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Hilal, was also a home game here at King Abdullah Sports City. The away team is better rested.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah Sports City. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. days ago.
Ittihad's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 against Al Hilal (in Kings Cup).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Al Wahda.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Ittihad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Al Ittihad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Abdullah Sports City with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively Ittihad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Shabab playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
The followers enjoyed Al Shabab's previous match versus Al Quwa Al Jawiya, a Arab Club Championship win (4-0) played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Pro League victory against Al Khaleej with the score of 3-2.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
Shabab have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Al Shabab - Al Ittihad 1-1. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Al Ittihad, four draws and one win for Al Shabab. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hamdallah 16 goals |   C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 12 goals |  C. Guanca 10 goals |
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| Al Ittihad | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 45 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 22 | 49 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 52% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 70% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 17% |
| 30% | 9% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 57% |
| 65% | 82% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 43% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 12.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 40% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 37% |
| 7.3 | 5.6 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10 | 9.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
- 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 (8) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (15) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+37) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad is in the best form (5-1-0) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shabab have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 37 | 56 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 53 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Fateh | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | Al Taawon | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Tai | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 27 |
| 10 | Abha | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 22 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -27 | 18 |
| 15 | Al Khaleej | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | -32 | 15 |
