The season is still fairly new and the Pro League table has to be read with caution. So far Al Faisaly find themselves in 4th position and Al Ittihad are placed 10th.
Al Ittihad play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Al Ittihad when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from six matches. They have scored 17 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al Faisaly form and stats
Al Faisaly have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.
Al Faisaly drew their last game, 0-0 away at Dhamk (placed 15th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Wahda with a 2-1 scoreline.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Faisaly's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Al Ittihad form and stats
One match played away so far in the Pro League for Al Ittihad and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 15 games.
Ittihad played 1-1 against Al Taawon in their previous match. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Al Ahli Jeddah.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Quadisiya in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Al Ittihad has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Faisaly victories, three draws and three Al Ittihad wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Al Faisaly missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Faisaly | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 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 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 42% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 46% |
- Al Ittihad has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pro League
| Al Faisaly | Last season | Al Ittihad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 87% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 57% | 60% | 7 | Polessya | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 8 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Kremin' | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Nyva Ternopil' | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Obolon'-Brovar | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Avanhard | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Prykarpattia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Krystal | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 3 | ||||