In this 8th week match, on Sun Oct 16th, Al Ittifaq hosts Al Taawon in a meeting of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 8th placed Al Ittifaq is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Al Feiha. Victor Vinicius Coelho Santos scored the first goal for Al Ittifaq in the 26th minute, then Naïm Sliti added another in the 30th minute In the end, Al Feiha was frustrated by Al Ittifaq’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Ittifaq ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Ittifaq is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Al Taawon is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Abha. Leandre Geal Tawamba Kana struck first for Al Taawon in the 44th minute on a feed from Fahad Ayidh Al Rashidi, but Zakaria Al Sudani got the equalizer for Abha in the 57th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 71st minute on a goal by Felipe Caicedo. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Al Taawon should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Al Taawon is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Hasan Kadesh and Domagoj Antolić each only have 1 goal in their last five. Coelho Santos has been the most effective weapon for Al Ittifaq lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.