Al Taawon vs Al-Ettifaq Prediction

Form check: a big gap right now

Al-Ettifaq's last five matches read win, loss, win, win, draw, with two of those wins coming away from home. That's a solid recent return and shows a team that can still put results together even when results are mixed over a longer stretch.

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Al Taawon: 20 completed matches; Al-Ettifaq: 20 completed matches.

Al Taawon

20 matches

Win

15% 3 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

31

Difference

-12

Al-Ettifaq

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

28

Difference

+7

Al Taawon's last five are far less encouraging: loss, loss, draw, win, loss. Their one win in that run came in a different competition, not the league, and their overall numbers show just three wins from twenty matches across all competitions.

Al-Ettifaq go into this with clearly the better recent momentum.

Comparative Team Statistics: Al Taawon vs Al-Ettifaq

A long history that doesn't match this season

These two have met over twenty times across the years, and it's been remarkably even overall, with wins split roughly equally and a handful of draws thrown in. Al Taawon even won 4-1 at home as recently as last September.

That history shows these sides can trade blows, but it stretches back years and crosses different squads and seasons. It tells us little about where either team stands right now, with the table painting a much clearer picture than the head-to-head ledger does.

Past meetings being close doesn't carry much weight against this season's form gap.

Where they sit in the table

Al-Ettifaq are 7th in the Pro League with 15 points from nine games, a healthy mix of four wins, three draws and two losses. Their goal difference is positive too, with 13 scored and 12 conceded.

Al Taawon are down in 17th on just four points from the same number of matches, without a single league win so far. They've drawn four and lost five, scoring only four goals in the process.

Players to watch

Álvaro Medrán has been Al-Ettifaq's creative outlet, with three assists in his last seven appearances, suggesting he's still the one pulling the strings going forward.

Al Taawon:

Penalty cards:

Y. El Bahraoui x 1 x 1

Al-Ettifaq:

Best assist providers:

Álvaro Medrán - 3

Penalty cards:

Yasir Shammari x 2

On the discipline side, Yasir Shammari has picked up two yellow cards in his last seven games for Al-Ettifaq, while Al Taawon's Y. El Bahraoui has just the one caution in six. Neither looks close to a suspension concern for this one.