Match Report
13 points and 6 places separated them: Ohod 16th with 21, Al Ittihad 10th with 34. Al Ittihad had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Per game in the league, Ohod were scoring 0.83 and conceding 2.07, Al Ittihad 1.47 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Ohod had lost three in a row. Al Ittihad had not lost in 10 games, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Ohod had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Ittihad, 13.
The venue was Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Medina, with room for 24,000 spectators. Ohod led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.