With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Al Ittihad fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Sahel.
Al Ittihad and Al Sahel 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.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at 7 April Stadium. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Al Ittihad.
Anas Bota was the last player to score a league goal for Al Ittihad and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Al Ittihad haven't scored in 292 minutes.
Al Ittihad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Wathba. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al-Jazira (0-1).
Al Ittihad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ittihad have only let in 3 goals at home.
Al Sahel form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Sahel's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Sahel, who have the most conceded goals (14) away in Premier League, only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Al Sahel are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Al Sahel played 0-0 against Foutoua in their previous match. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Jabala.
Goals are few and far between in Al Sahel's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. Al Sahel have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Sahel - Al Ittihad 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Al Ittihad zero wins, one draw and Al Sahel two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 M. Al Ghabbash 9 goals | M. Al Ahmad 8 goals |
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| Al Ittihad | Al Sahel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 17% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 36% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 143 | 63 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 18 | 68 |
| 48 | 15 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 40 |
| 31% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 30% |
- Al Ittihad has the most points from losing position (10)
- Al Ittihad have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Ittihad have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Sahel have scored away.
- Al Ittihad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Sahel has the most conceded goals (14) away
- Al Sahel has the the worst goal difference (-12) away
- Al Sahel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Sahel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Sahel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Sahel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Sahel have yet to win a game away.
- Al Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Sahel is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- All of Al Sahel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Teshrin | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Wathba | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Jaish | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Wahda | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Hottin | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Shorta | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Karama | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Nawaeir | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Taliya | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Sahel | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 12 | Foutoua | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
| 13 | Jabala | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -23 | 5 |