About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Al Ittihad 2nd with 17 points, Abha 18th with 2, 15 apart. Per game in the league, Abha score 0.71 and conceding 1.86, Al Ittihad 1.71 and 0.86, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game. A win would lift Abha to 5 points and up to 13th (other results unchanged).
12 games without a win frame Abha's arrival. Al Ittihad enter with three wins in a row. The last-five ledger: Abha 2/15, Al Ittihad 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Abha wins, 2 for Al Ittihad, 0 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue is Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Mahalah, with room for 20,000 spectators.