Nawaeir hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 10th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Al Ittihad holds 5th place with 36 pts.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has grass, which is not Al Ittihad's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Al Ittihad have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 9 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 41-36 (scored/conceded).
Nawaeir form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Nawaeir at their home stadium is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Nawaeir will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Sahel (placed 12th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Jabala.
Nawaeir has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Nawaeir have conceded only 8 goals.
Al Ittihad form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Ittihad have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.
There were no winners in Ittihad's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Foutoua (placed 11th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Hottin.
The visiting Ittihad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Ittihad in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Al Ittihad - Nawaeir 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nawaeir won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Ittihad has ten wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Al Ghabbash 9 goals | M. Al Ahmad 8 goals |  M. Darwish Midou 5 goals |
Nawaeir missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Nawaeir | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 85% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| 30% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 55% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 145 | 57 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 93 | 186 |
| 56 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 39 | 60 |
| 29% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 42% |
- Al Ittihad has the most points from losing position (10)
- Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ittihad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nawaeir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nawaeir have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | Wathba | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Jaish | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Hottin | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | Wahda | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Karama | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Shorta | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Taliya | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Nawaeir | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Foutoua | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -20 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Sahel | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -19 | 15 |
| 13 | Jabala | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 13 |
| 14 | Al-Jazira | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -28 | 8 |