Preview Al Ettifaq vs Al Taawoun, Prediction, Team news, Line-ups
Saudi Pro League: Preview Al Ettifaq vs Al Taawoun | Date: December 16, 2023 | Time: 23:30 Hrs. | Location: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
On Saturday, Al-Taawoun and Al-Ettifaq will play in the Saudi Pro League at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
Preview Al Ettifaq vs Al Taawoun
Al-Ettifaq, ranked eighth in the standings, has played 16 games and accumulated 24 points. With 16 games played this season, Al-Taawoun is ranked fourth with 31 points.
Al-Ettifaq’s performance in their last three games has been far too substandard; they haven’t managed to win. They were unable to defeat Al Akhdoud, who defeated them 1-0, after drawing 1-1 with Al Ittihad. They recently succeeded in stealing a point from Al Shabab in a 0-0 draw. Al-Ettifaq has only managed to win two of the last six Saudi Pro League games played at home. They scored ten goals and gave up eight in the final four games, drawing three and losing one.
Al-Taawoun has won twice in their last three games, however, they lost 1-2 to Al Riyadh in their opening game before defeating Al Shabab 1-2. There was another victory, this time over Al-Fayha 4-1. Al-Taawoun has won three of their previous six Saudi Pro League road games, drawn one, and lost the other two. They let up eight goals and scored nine. They also suffered two losses and one draw.
Interesting Stats
Based on the statistics from the last several games that Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun played in all tournaments, let’s have a look at some of the most fascinating facts-
- In 7 of the last 8 home matches Al-Ettifaq played, both teams scored
- Al-Ettifaq has not lost 11 of the last 13 home matches
- In the last 5 Al-Ettifaq matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Al-Ettifaq matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Al-Ettifaq matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Al-Taawoun has scored in 36 of the last 38 away matches
- Al-Taawoun has scored in 25 of the last 27 matches
- In 7 of the last 8 Al-Taawoun matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 matches in a row Al-Taawoun played, both teams scored
- Al-Taawoun has conceded in 10 of the last 12 matches
Team News
Georginio Wijnaldum, who has three goals in six Saudi Pro League games, appears to be a good value in the goal-scoring market. The guests are putting their fingers crossed. This coming Saturday, Joao Pedro will have four goals in the Saudi Pro League already.
Al Ettifaq vs Al Taawoun Goal Prediction
At Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Al-Ettifaq has won four of their last ten games in all competitions. During this stretch, they lost two and drew four. In their last ten away games, Al-Taawoun had won five, drawn two, and lost three. In their last three home games against Al-Ettifaq, Al-Taawoun has not lost.
For the fourth time in their last 10 games, Al-Ettifaq opened the score. Out of 10 games, Al-Taawoun scored the first goal in four of them. Al-Ettifaq will likely be happy to score on Saturday because Al-Taawoun has only kept two clean sheets in their last ten games. During their previous ten games, the former claimed four clean sheets. When Al-Taawoun plays at an away venue, they have scored in their last three games with Al-Ettifaq.
With an average of 0.9 goals scored by themselves, Al-Ettifaq has scored over 2.5 goals in three of their last 10 games across all competitions. Six of the ten previous Al-Taawoun games saw successful wagers placed on the over 2.5 goals line. Al-Taawoun scored 1.7 goals per game on average.
Al Ettifaq vs Al Taawoun Line-Up’s
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