In this week 11 match on Dec 31st, Abha hosts Al Ittihad at Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Abha recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Al Adalh. Nawaf Alsadi struck first for Abha in the 12th minute, then Saad Bguir added another in the 64th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Adalh couldn’t manage to score, and Abha took the shutout win. Abha is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Al Taawon. Hélder Costa struck first for Al Ittihad in the 38th minute, then Abderazak Hamdallah added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Romario Ricardo da Silva At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Taawon couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittihad took the shutout win. Al Ittihad is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Al Ittihad won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Al Ittihad is fortunate enough to have Abderazak Hamdallah in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Saad Bguir has been the most prolific scorer on Abha in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.