Al Raed hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 14th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Al Ittifaq holds 8th place with 18 pts.
- Al Raed has the fewest scored goals (14) in Pro League
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al Ittifaq have had more rest.
Raed's stadium has a grass surface. Al Ittifaq have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Ittifaq when playing on grass; 7 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 38 goals in these games and conceded 56.
Al Raed form and stats
Al Raed's struggle is real here with only 5 points collected from 6 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
The Al Raed fans got no joy from their last match, a Pro League game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Al Nassr (placed 11th). Before that, Al Raed played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Taawon.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at N. Nikolić for missing a penalty kick versus Al Nassr in the 10th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
The Raed fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Al Raed have conceded 10 from these games.
Al Ittifaq form and stats
Playing away, Al Ittifaq have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season.
Al Ittifaq's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Batin that finished 1-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Al Shabab wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The travelling fans enjoy Ittifaq's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Ittifaq in these games.
Head 2 Head
Raed-Al Ittifaq H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Raed three wins, Al Ittifaq six wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Kiss 6 goals |  N. Sliti 5 goals |   N. Nikolić 3 goals |
Al Raed missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Al Raed | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 8% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.1 | 10.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 29% | 28% |
- Al Ittifaq have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ittifaq haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Raed has the fewest scored goals (14) in Pro League
- Al Raed has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
- Al Raed have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Raed have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Raed haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Abha | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Ittifaq | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Al Quadisiya | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Fateh | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Nassr | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Faisaly | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Raed | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Al-Ain | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 9 |