Al Shabab and Al Ittihad are both doing (very) nicely in the Pro League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. This could be a wonderful fixture!
- Al Shabab have the most points (15) at home in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League
It's quite the trip for Al Ittihad when visiting Shabab as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Shabab form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Shabab have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Ever since the Al Batin game Al Shabab has been unbeatable here at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium producing five straight wins.
The fans are hoping that Al Shabab will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Al Wahda (placed 12th).
Before that, Shabab had a home game versus Al Ittifaq which ended with a victory 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Shabab perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Shabab as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Al Shabab has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Shabab's 5 home games: {15 goals}, 0 conceded.
Al Ittihad form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Al Ittihad in their previous game as they lost hosting Al Hilal, 0-1. That loss broke this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in total!
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Abha at their stadium, the result 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Ittihad in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Al Ittihad, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Ittihad have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Ittihad are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Al Shabab won one, Al Ittihad triumphed in five and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 7 goals |   A. Hamdallah 7 goals |  C. Guanca 4 goals |
Al Shabab missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 64% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 6.6 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
| 6 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 38% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 30% |
| 7.4 | 5.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 8 | 7.6 |
| 2.9 | 1.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
- Al Ittihad have not yet lost a game away.
- 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 (4) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Shabab have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ittihad have scored away.
- Al Shabab have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Shabab have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most points (15) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the most scored goals (15) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Shabab have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Shabab 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 Nassr | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Dhamk | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Abha | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Fateh | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Raed | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Wahda | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Feiha | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Al Adalh | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
| 15 | Al Khaleej | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -27 | 1 |
