The Al Ittihad manager F. Carille attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room Al Taawon and their manager P. Carteron are in 11th place before this match.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Taawon have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Only two Pro League home games for Al Ittihad so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Al Ittihad's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Al Ahli (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Al Fateh the opponent.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Ittihad at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al Taawon form and stats
Al Taawon have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Pro League were 2 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 15 fixtures.
Two away games in a row for Taawon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Quadisiya in the Pro League. Before that, Taawon secured a home win against Al Nassr with the score 1-0.
0 goals so far away for Al Taawon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ittihad five wins, one draw and Al Taawon four victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva 2 goals |  F. Al Muwallad Al Harbi 1 goals |  G. Mendes Rodrigues 1 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Taawon missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Taawon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 11 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Al Ittihad | Last season | Al Taawon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 83% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 282 | 151 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 348 | ||
| 126 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 119 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| 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 Fateh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Faisaly | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Quadisiya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Abha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Taawon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Batin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Al Nassr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Al-Ain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 64 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | -9 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Taawon | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Dhamk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 13 | Al Fateh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Feiha | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Al Hazm | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | Al Adalh | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -35 | 21 |