A home team triumph, the away team steals the points or a tactical 0-0 draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Al Raed and Al Ittifaq clash at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City.
- Al Raed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Al Ittifaq play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture will take place on grass. Recent data for Al Ittifaq when playing on grass are 11 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats from 36 matches. They have managed to score 56 goals and conceded 64 times in these fixtures.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Raed form and stats
Al Raed are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Al Raed are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Al Hazm.
Ahead of that match, Al Raed lost 1-2 at home to Al Ittihad.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Raed perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Raed as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Al Raed has won three of these, drawn five and lost four.
Al Raed has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Raed are not conceding a lot of goals here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Al Ittifaq have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Al Ittifaq might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Abha proved too strong as Al Ittifaq slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Al Shabab.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Al Ittifaq in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Ittifaq, three draws and one defeat.
Al Ittifaq has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met before this season: Al Ittifaq - Al Raed 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Al Raed victories, two draws and six Al Ittifaq wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Berkaoui 9 goals |   R. Quaison 5 goals |  É. Macedo Lopes 4 goals |
Al Raed missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Al Raed | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 72% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 44% | 22% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 28% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.2 | 10.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 48% | 37% |
| 7.5 | 6.9 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Raed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 Ittihad | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Dhamk | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Feiha | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Abha | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Raed | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Ahli Jeddah | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Ta'ee | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Fateh | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Al Taawon | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Faisaly | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Al Hazm | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
