📏 Form Guide

Al-Ittihad

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Al-Ittihad head into this fixture following on from a 1-1 Professional League drawn game against Damac.

In that game, Al-Ittihad had 67% possession and 17 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Ittihad was Muhannad Al Shanqiti (45'). On the other side, Damac got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Their latest results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Al-Ittihad defence. Al-Ittihad have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six matches standing at 2. That trend might not be carried forward into this game, of course.

Al-Ettifaq

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Al-Khaleej in Professional League competition, Al-Ettifaq will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Al-Ettifaq managed 48% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Al-Ettifaq, the goalscorers were Moussa Dembélé (1') and Jack Hendry (86' Own goal). For their opponents, Al-Khaleej had 15 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Kostas Fortounis (45') scored for Al-Khaleej.

Proving their appetite for fruitful matches, goals have been celebrated 23 times in the previous six games in which Al-Ettifaq have taken to the field, making it an average of 3.83 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have managed 9 of this grand total.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league encounter between these sides was Professional League match day 29 on 21/04/2025 when it ended Al-Ittihad 3-2 Al-Ettifaq.

On that occasion, Al-Ittihad had 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Pereira (11', 83' Own goal), Karim Benzema (35') and Houssem Aouar (45').

On the other side, Al-Ettifaq had 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Vitinho (5') was the scorer.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Ittihad

Houssem Aouar (Muscle injury) and Saad Al-Mousa (Broken ankle) won’t be able to feature for Al-Ittihad . Fabinho cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Al-Ettifaq

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Al-Ettifaq boss to be concerned with. Ahmed Hassan (unknown injury) won’t be playing here. Ondrej Duda will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Al-Ittihad will, in all likelihood, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

Conversely, Al-Ettifaq will be up against it to score although we do see them hitting back at some stage, too.

We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 margin for Al-Ittihad when all’s said and done.

Renata Leite, 17:04 15/01/2026