Delightful dogfight as daring Al Wahda duels with determined Al Ittifaq

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Competition: Saudi Arabia Pro League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 17:50 (UTC)

It's ground zero in Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Wahda and Al Ittifaq.

Al Ittifaq play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Al Ittifaq when playing on grass are 4 wins, 7 draws and 12 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 46 times in these games. It's quite the trip for Al Ittifaq when visiting Al Wahda as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Al Wahda form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Al Wahda have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Last season, Al Wahda's league statistics were 12 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Al Wahda managed 8-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 19 conceded.

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Al Ittifaq form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Al Ittifaq have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D2-L3.

Just as the home team, Al Ittifaq have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Al Ittifaq wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Al Ittifaq performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 13/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Wahda won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Al Ittifaq has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

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Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
1 1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Al Wahda Last season Al Ittifaq
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 1   Played   1 1
0 0   Won   0 0
1 1   Drew   1 1
0 0   Lost   0 0
0 0   Scored   0 0
0 0   Conceded   0 0
0% 0%   Over 0.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 1.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 2.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   BTTS   0% 0%
100% 100%   Clean Sheets   100% 100%
100% 100%   Failed To Score   100% 100%
 
1 1   Corners For (avg)   1 1
1 1   Corners Against (avg)   1 1
0 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 2
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Al Wahda
All Npl Tasmania Pro League Arabian Gulf Cup Syria Cup Kings Cup Premier League Division 1 Club Friendlies Presidents Cup
All Home Away
12-04-19 PRO Al Wahda 1 - 2 Al Faisaly
19-04-19 PRO Al Ahli 3 - 2 Al Wahda
11-05-19 PRO Al Wahda 4 - 0 Al Quadisiya
16-05-19 PRO Al Feiha 5 - 2 Al Wahda
24-08-19 PRO Al Wahda 17:50 Al Ittifaq
30-08-19 PRO Al Wahda 17:40 Abha
13-09-19 PRO Al Ahli 17:35 Al Wahda
19-09-19 PRO Al Feiha 15:35 Al Wahda
27-09-19 PRO Al Wahda 17:15 Al Fateh
03-10-19 PRO Dhamk 15:35 Al Wahda
Al Ittifaq
All Pro League Crown Prince Cup Kings Cup Division 1 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-04-19 PRO Al Ittihad 2 - 0 Al Ittifaq
11-05-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 0 - 1 Al Hilal
16-05-19 PRO Al Ahli 5 - 0 Al Ittifaq
28-07-19 CF Kasımpaşa 4 - 0 Al Ittifaq
24-08-19 PRO Al Wahda 17:50 Al Ittifaq
29-08-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 15:40 Al Ahli
13-09-19 PRO Al Hazm 15:50 Al Ittifaq
19-09-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 15:15 Al Faisaly
26-09-19 PRO Abha 15:45 Al Ittifaq
04-10-19 PRO Al Ittifaq 15:00 Al Hilal

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Al Ittihad 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Al Nassr 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Al Shabab 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Al Adalh 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Al Ahli 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Al Hazm 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Al Taawon 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Al Faisaly 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Al Feiha 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Al Ittifaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Fateh 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Abha 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
15 Al Raed 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Dhamk 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 D P
1 Al Nassr 30 22 4 4 69 27 15 12 0 3 37 15 15 10 4 1 32 12 42 70
2 Al Hilal 30 21 6 3 66 33 15 9 4 2 33 19 15 12 2 1 33 14 33 69
3 Al Taawon 30 16 8 6 61 31 15 10 4 1 38 17 15 6 4 5 23 14 30 56
4 Al Ahli 30 17 4 9 68 41 15 7 3 5 32 18 15 10 1 4 36 23 27 55
5 Al Shabab 30 15 9 6 39 25 15 8 4 3 21 13 15 7 5 3 18 12 14 54
6 Al Faisaly 30 12 7 11 51 47 15 7 5 3 28 19 15 5 2 8 23 28 4 43
7 Al Wahda 30 12 6 12 41 41 15 8 1 6 23 19 15 4 5 6 18 22 0 42
8 Al Raed 30 10 8 12 38 48 15 4 5 6 14 23 15 6 3 6 24 25 -10 38
9 Al Fateh 30 8 11 11 32 45 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 2 7 6 14 28 -13 35
10 Al Ittihad 30 9 7 14 44 45 15 4 5 6 23 22 15 5 2 8 21 23 -1 34
11 Al Ittifaq 30 8 9 13 40 55 15 7 4 4 27 20 15 1 5 9 13 35 -15 33
12 Al Feiha 30 9 5 16 36 52 15 6 3 6 27 29 15 3 2 10 9 23 -16 32
13 Al Hazm 30 7 10 13 33 50 15 5 4 6 16 23 15 2 6 7 17 27 -17 31
14 Al Quadisiya 30 8 4 18 34 51 15 5 3 7 18 19 15 3 1 11 16 32 -17 28
15 Al Batin 30 7 4 19 29 53 15 4 3 8 15 24 15 3 1 11 14 29 -24 25
16 Ohod 30 5 6 19 25 62 15 4 2 9 16 23 15 1 4 10 9 39 -37 21

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