📏 Form Guide

Al-Shabab

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Al-Shabab will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 Professional League defeat in their last game at the hands of Neom.

In that match, Al-Shabab had 58% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Al-Shabab was Yannick Carrasco (78'). At the other end, NEOM had 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

Fixtures featuring Al-Shabab have tended to be entertaining ones lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a grand total of 23 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 8 of these being chalked up by Al-Shabab.

Al-Ittihad

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Al-Ittihad head into the encounter after a 1-3 Professional League win over Al-Ettifaq in their previous match.

In that match, Al-Ittihad had 48% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Al-Ittihad, the goals were scored by Houssem Aouar (3') and Moussa Diaby (19', 79'). On the other side, Al-Ettifaq got 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Khalid Al Ghannam (26') was the scorer for Al-Ettifaq.

A sequence of dependable performances from the Al-Ittihad defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8. That aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will persist here in this match or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league game featuring these sides was Professional League match day 11 on 27/12/2025 when it finished Al-Ittihad 2-0 Al-Shabab.

On that day, Al-Ittihad had 68% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer was Steven Bergwijn (85').

Al-Shabab got 6 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

📰 Team News: Al-Ittihad

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Al-Ittihad gaffer to be concerned about. Mahamadou Doumbia (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action. Stephane Keller will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Al-Ittihad will most probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

In contrast, Al-Shabab might well find it a difficult task getting on the scoresheet, although we do think that it’s probable they’ll be being dangerous at times, too.

Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Al-Ittihad when the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 17:02 17/05/2026