Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Al Ittihad (1st, 83 pts) held a 62-point advantage over Al Raed (18th, 21 pts). Per game in the league, Al Raed were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.94, Al Ittihad 2.32 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Al Raed had been beaten in three straight games. Al Ittihad arrived on a run of three straight wins. Al Raed had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Ittihad, 12.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Al Raed, 3 by Al Ittihad, 1 drawn, at 3.43 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. 86% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 86%.
King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraydah, capacity 64,040, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Al Ittihad led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Al Raed: O. Gonzalez (9') · Al Ittihad: Steven Bergwijn (21'), Danilo Pereira (40'), Abdulrahman Al-Oboud (47')