It's the second opportunity for points this season as Al Shabab and Al Ittifaq cross swords at Al-Shabab Club Stadium.
Al Shabab and Al Ittifaq 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.
This field has grass, which is not Al Ittifaq's normal surface at their own pitch. When appearing on grass Al Ittifaq have performed like this: Played 34 matches earning 11 wins, 7 draws and 16 defeats with the goal difference 52-55 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Shabab form and stats
The previous season, Al Shabab's league stats were 17 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, leading to 2nd position in the Pro League. During these 30 matches they scored 68 goals and conceded 43. Performing as the home side in the previous season Al Shabab delivered 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 18 conceded.
Shabab faced defeat in their previous match, away at Abha (1-2).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Faisaly with a 5-1 scoreline.Al Ittifaq form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Ittifaq performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 25/22 goals scored/conceded.
Ittifaq are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Pro League against Al Batin (placed 11th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Raed.Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these parties: Shabab won five, Al Ittifaq triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Salem 2 goals |   É. Banega 1 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Al Ittifaq missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Ittifaq | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Al Shabab | Last season | Al Ittifaq | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 68 | 30 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 77% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 70% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 17% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 Nassr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Abha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ittifaq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Feiha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Hilal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Raed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Hazm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Faisaly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Batin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Shabab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Al Fateh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Ittihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Ta'ee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 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 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 61 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 57 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Taawon | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Al Ittifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Al Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 36 | -12 | 39 |
| 9 | Al Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Dhamk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -5 | 36 |
| 11 | Al Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 27 | -8 | 36 |
| 13 | Al Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 31 | -12 | 36 |
| 14 | Al Quadisiya | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -6 | 35 |
| 15 | Al Wahda | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -20 | 32 |
| 16 | Al-Ain | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -30 | 20 |