Football preview: Al Raed vs Al Ittihad - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 12:35 (UTC)
Venue: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City (29850 seats)

Al Ittihad pay a visit to Al Raed and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City packed with hope and confidence, but the hosting team is no muppet. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Al Raed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League

It's quite the trip for Al Ittihad when visiting Al Raed as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Al Raed and Al Ittihad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Raed form and stats

Al Raed have performed here at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City this season with 5 wins from 7 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Raed are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Al Raed enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Fateh's place. The match ended 3-2 with El Berkaoui (2) and Fouzair scoring.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Abha (0-1).

The Raed fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Raed have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Al Ittihad's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Ittihad collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Pro League. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Al Raed.

Impressive finishing from Hawsawi and Romarinho secured the home win 2-0 against Al Feiha in their previous game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Al Batin.

The travelling fans enjoy Ittihad's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Ittihad have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittihad - Raed 3-0 was the end result in these sides' last h2h fixture, played this season. Raed-Al Ittihad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Raed two wins, Al Ittihad four wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al RaedK. Berkaoui
K. Berkaoui
9 goals
Al IttihadR. da Silva
R. da Silva
9 goals
Al RaedÉ. Macedo Lopes
É. Macedo Lopes
4 goals

Al Raed missing players

Al Ittihad missing players

Al Raed Al Ittihad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 1 6 15
7 5 0 Won W 0 4 11
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
24 10 0 Scored S 0 10 31
23 3 2 Conceded C 1 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 80%
50% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 47%
38% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 20%
38% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 47%
31% 71% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 40%
31% 14% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 13%
 
3.4 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.8 4.1
4.2 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.8 4.5
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.8 9.6 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.2 11.1
3.9 4.3 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 5.4
39% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 38%
 
7.4 6.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 6 11.2 8.1
3.6 2.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 2.9
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad have the the best goal difference (+19) in Pro League
  • Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Ittihad is in the best form (6-0-0) in Pro League
  • 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 15 11 2 2 31 12 9 7 1 1 21 6 6 4 1 1 10 6 19 35
2 Al Shabab 16 9 5 2 31 16 9 6 3 0 20 8 7 3 2 2 11 8 15 32
3 Al Nassr 16 9 2 5 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 9 29
4 Dhamk 16 7 5 4 21 21 8 4 3 1 8 5 8 3 2 3 13 16 0 26
5 Al Hilal 14 6 6 2 21 17 8 4 2 2 11 9 6 2 4 0 10 8 4 24
6 Al Raed 16 7 3 6 24 23 7 5 1 1 10 3 9 2 2 5 14 20 1 24
7 Al Feiha 16 5 6 5 14 14 6 4 2 0 6 1 10 1 4 5 8 13 0 21
8 Al Ta'ee 15 6 1 8 15 21 7 4 0 3 12 10 8 2 1 5 3 11 -6 19
9 Abha 16 5 4 7 16 24 8 4 2 2 12 10 8 1 2 5 4 14 -8 19
10 Al Ittifaq 16 4 6 6 21 26 7 2 3 2 7 8 9 2 3 4 14 18 -5 18
11 Al Taawon 16 4 5 7 27 31 8 3 2 3 14 12 8 1 3 4 13 19 -4 17
12 Al Fateh 15 4 4 7 20 22 7 2 2 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 7 11 -2 16
13 Al Ahli 15 3 6 6 18 21 8 2 4 2 13 10 7 1 2 4 5 11 -3 15
14 Al Faisaly 14 3 6 5 15 19 8 3 3 2 12 11 6 0 3 3 3 8 -4 15
15 Al Batin 16 3 6 7 13 19 9 3 3 3 9 11 7 0 3 4 4 8 -6 15
16 Al Hazm 16 2 5 9 11 21 8 1 4 3 8 11 8 1 1 6 3 10 -10 11