About Match
8 points for Al Ittihad (8th), 5 for Al-Fayha (10th): a 3-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Ittihad 1.25 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Al-Fayha 1.2 and 1.8, with the league averaging 1.44. A win would lift Al Ittihad to 11 points and up to 4th (other results unchanged).
Al Ittihad carry a 7-game unbeaten run into this.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Al Ittihad, 3 draws and 3 for Al-Fayha, at 2.3 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 70% of the meetings won by the home side.
Alinma Stadium, capacity 64,200, hosts the game.