📊 Form Guide

Al-Ettifaq

WWDWLD

Al-Ettifaq head into this game following a 1-1 Professional League drawn match vs Al-Qadsiah.

In that game, Al-Ettifaq had 45% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Ettifaq was Georginio Wijnaldum (63'). At the other end, Al-Qadsiah got 13 shots on goal with 5 on target.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Al-Ettifaq haven’t conceded. The reality is that Al-Ettifaq have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 7 goals during that time.

Al-Hilal

LLWWWL

Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Al-Nassr in Professional League action, Al-Hilal will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Al-Hilal managed 59% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Hilal was Ali Al Bulayhi (62'). Al-Nassr had 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Ali Al Hassan (45') and Cristiano Ronaldo (47', 88') scored for Al-Nassr.

In the course of their six latest matches, Jorge Jesus's Al-Hilal have seen their goal attempts be successful 11 times thus yielding them the goals per game average of 1.83.

👥 Head to head

The last league clash between these sides was Professional League match day 10 on 08/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Al-Hilal 3-1 Al-Ettifaq.

In that match, Al-Hilal had 67% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Aleksandar Mitrović (45'), Malcom (81') and Mohammed Al Qahtani (96').

Al-Ettifaq got 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Vitinho (94') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Al-Ettifaq

Radhi Al-Otaibi (unknown injury) and Moussa Dembélé (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be playing for Al-Ettifaq .

🗞️ Team News: Al-Hilal

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Al-Hilal boss Jorge Jesus to contend with. João Cancelo (Torn thigh muscle) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Al-Ettifaq will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Al-Hilal team, but a single goal likely won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We therefore reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning margin for Al-Hilal at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 17:06 11/04/2025