Both contenders are doing all right, Al Ittihad enjoying a 13 point advantage on Al Tai in the tables. Let's go!
- Al Tai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
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 Tai form and stats
4-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Al Tai so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Al Tai with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Al Batin game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Al Tai fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Al Shabab (placed 2nd).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Wahda (0-1).Tai have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Al Tai's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games.
The regulars enjoyed Al Ittihad's previous fixture versus Al Feiha, a Super Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that one, the victory at home hosting Al Nassr in the Super Cup (3-1).
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Ittihad have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Tai victories, zero draws and seven Al Ittihad wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hamdallah 9 goals |   A. Sayoud 5 goals |  G. Mbenza Kamboleke 5 goals |
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| Al Tai | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 22 | 8 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 27% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 33% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 9.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 7.3 | 8.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 50% | 36% |
| 10.8 | 9.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
- Al Ittihad have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pro League
- Al Ittihad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
- Al Tai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Tai have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Tai 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Abha | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Dhamk | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Al Tai | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Ittifaq | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Wahda | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Al Feiha | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -16 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -29 | 3 |
