Al Shabab and Al Ittihad will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Arab Club Championship Semi-finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
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.
It's quite the trip for Al Ittihad when visiting Shabab as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Al Shabab form and stats
As mentioned below, Al Shabab are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Pro League games. This match is a Arab Club Championship match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. After failing to beat Abha here, Shabab has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Shabab's last game was hosting Dhamk and winning 2-1. Before that, Al Shabab played out a Pro League draw 2-2 when visiting Al Ahli.
The victory against Dhamk came after Turki Al-Ammar's winning goal. The Shabab manager P. Faria Caixinha was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
There will be little rest for Shabab after this match as they are travelling to Al Quadisiya for a Pro League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Al Shabab in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Shabab are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad's mission in Arab Club Championship last season failed in the 1st round.Al Ittihad are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Total Arab Club Championship statistics for Al Ittihad: 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Visiting Ittihad has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Ittihad had fun at their own home last time out, beating Al Quadisiya 1-0. Garry Rodrigues scored. A 1-1 draw at Al Faisaly's stadium before that.
The schedule is very tough for Ittihad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Al Wahda is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Al Ittihad has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shabab three wins, two draws and Al Ittihad five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Al Shabab missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
| Al Shabab | Al Ittihad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 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 Shabab | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Fateh | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Raed | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Faisaly | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Taawon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Batin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Quadisiya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Abha | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Al Nassr | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |