On the 23rd of June, Al Ittifaq hosts Al Ittihad at Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Pro League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Ittifaq sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Al Faisaly. Waleed Al-Ahmad struck first for Al Faisaly in the 35th minute on a feed from Ismael Silva Lima, then Naïm Sliti tied it up for Al Ittifaq in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ali Abdullah Hazzazi squeezing out at least the one point for Al Ittifaq. Al Ittifaq is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Ittihad recorded a 0-1 loss against Al Ta’ee. Amir Sayoud struck first for Al Ta’ee in the 51st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Al Ittihad couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ta’ee ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Al Ittihad should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 26th of December, Al Ittihad won by a score of 3 to 2. Ziyad Al Sahafi scored the first goal for Al Ittifaq on an own goal in the 29th minute, then Robin Quaison added another in the 41st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Haroune Camara.
da Silva has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Al Ittihad. Al Ittifaq is glad to have Naïm Sliti in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored five goals.