Al Ittihad vs Wathba betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Syria Premier League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium (12000 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Premier League game of the season. Both Al Ittihad and Wathba are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Ittihad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

Last season, Al Ittihad's league statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premier League. Over these 26 matches they scored 31 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season Al Ittihad managed 7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 13 conceded.

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Wathba form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Wathba in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Wathba, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Wathba performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 12 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 14/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittihad-Wathba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ittihad 6 wins, Wathba 1 win, 3 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadAnas Bota
Anas Bota
11 goals
Al IttihadMohammad Al Ghabbash
Mohammad Al Ghabbash
9 goals
Al IttihadMohammad Al Ahmad
Mohammad Al Ahmad
8 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

Wathba missing players

Al Ittihad Wathba
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Al Ittihad Last season Wathba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
11 7   Won W   3 9
9 4   Drew D   7 12
6 2   Lost L   3 5
31 18   Scored S   14 39
25 13   Conceded C   13 25
85% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 81%
62% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 69%
35% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 50%
23% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 31%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
50% 54%   BTTS BTTS   54% 50%
35% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 38%
31% 23%   Failed to Score F T   31% 31%
 
4.6 5.4   Corners For (avg) C F   6.1 6.3
4 4.2   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
1.6 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
1 0   Red Cards R C   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Al Ittihad
All AFC Cup Syria Cup Premier League
All Home Away Home vs low
30-04-19 AFC Al Ittihad 0 - 2 Al Kuwait
06-05-19 PL Al Ittihad 2 - 2 Hottin
10-05-19 PL Karama 3 - 2 Al Ittihad
14-05-19 AFC Al-Najma 2 - 1 Al Ittihad
18-05-19 PL Al Ittihad 0 - 2 Teshrin
20-10-19 PL Al Ittihad 15:00 Wathba
25-10-19 PL Al Sahel 14:00 Al Ittihad
29-10-19 PL Al Ittihad 14:00 Taliya
01-11-19 PL Shorta 14:00 Al Ittihad
08-11-19 PL Al Ittihad 13:00 Jabala
Wathba
All Premier League
All Home Away Away vs top
19-04-19 PL Shorta 1 - 1 Wathba
26-04-19 PL Wathba 2 - 2 Al Sahel
03-05-19 PL Wathba 3 - 0 Herafio Halab
10-05-19 PL Hottin 1 - 1 Wathba
18-05-19 PL Wathba 4 - 2 Taliya
20-10-19 PL Al Ittihad 15:00 Wathba
25-10-19 PL Wathba 14:00 Jabala
29-10-19 PL Karama 14:00 Wathba
01-11-19 PL Wathba 14:00 Foutoua
08-11-19 PL Teshrin 13:00 Wathba

  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 Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Jaish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Sahel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al-Jazira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Foutoua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hottin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jabala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Karama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nawaeir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Shorta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Taliya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Teshrin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Wathba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Jaish 26 16 6 4 57 17 13 9 2 2 33 10 13 7 4 2 24 7 40 54
2 Teshrin 26 15 8 3 31 14 13 9 4 0 16 5 13 6 4 3 15 9 17 53
2 Al Wahda 17 10 5 2 19 7 9 6 2 1 10 3 8 4 3 1 9 4 12 35
3 Wahda 26 13 10 3 30 13 13 7 5 1 16 6 13 6 5 2 14 7 17 49
3 Al Jaish 17 10 4 3 36 12 9 5 2 2 18 8 8 5 2 1 18 4 24 34
4 Al Ittihad 26 11 9 6 31 25 13 7 4 2 18 13 13 4 5 4 13 12 6 42
5 Wathba 26 9 12 5 39 25 13 6 5 2 25 12 13 3 7 3 14 13 14 39
6 Taliya 26 10 9 7 27 25 13 8 3 2 14 7 13 2 6 5 13 18 2 39
7 Hottin 26 8 10 8 23 24 13 5 4 4 11 9 13 3 6 4 12 15 -1 34
8 Al Shorta 17 6 2 9 16 23 8 6 1 1 13 8 9 0 1 8 3 15 -7 20
8 Karama 26 9 5 12 30 36 13 5 3 5 18 15 13 4 2 7 12 21 -6 32
9 Shorta 26 7 10 9 24 26 13 6 6 1 16 11 13 1 4 8 8 15 -2 31
9 Al Sahel 17 5 5 7 13 22 8 3 2 3 6 7 9 2 3 4 7 15 -9 20
10 Al Sahel 26 7 9 10 22 30 13 4 4 5 12 12 13 3 5 5 10 18 -8 30
11 Nawaeir 26 7 6 13 27 39 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 3 2 8 13 22 -12 27
12 Jabala 26 6 8 12 22 32 13 4 6 3 14 11 13 2 2 9 8 21 -10 26
13 Majd 26 4 10 12 22 37 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 1 4 8 10 22 -15 22
14 Herafio Halab 26 3 2 21 16 58 13 2 1 10 9 30 13 1 1 11 7 28 -42 11

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