On Dec 26th, Al Ittihad hosts Al Taawon at King Abdullah Sports City in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Al Wahda. Ahmed Hegazy struck first for Al Ittihad in the 80th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Wahda was frustrated by Al Ittihad’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Ittihad ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Ittihad should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while al Taawon sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Al Adalh. Medrán struck first for Al Taawon in the 5th minute on a feed from Alejandro Romero Gamarra, then Medrán added another in the 41st minute. Al Taawon should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Both Saad Fahad Al Nasser and Medrán have been the hottest scorers for Al Taawon in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Abderazak Hamdallah has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Al Ittihad.