📊 Form Guide

Al-Ettifaq

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Al-Ettifaq are hoping to win again following the 3-2 Professional League success vs Al-Qadsiah.

In that game, Al-Ettifaq managed 44% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Al-Ettifaq, the scorers were Jack Hendry (40'), Moussa Dembélé (47') and Georginio Wijnaldum (74'). For their opponents, Al-Qadsiah got 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Julián Quiñones (33', 87') scored for Al-Qadsiah.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Al-Ettifaq have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Al-Ettifaq have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 14 goals during that time.

Al-Riyadh

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In the game prior to this, Al-Riyadh drew 1-1 in the Professional League match with Al-Shabab.

In that game, Al-Riyadh managed 42% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Al-Riyadh was Tozé (45'). At the other end, Al-Shabab got 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Abderrazak Hamed Allah (34') was the scorer for Al-Shabab.

Al-Riyadh have slotted home a total of 6 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those matches adds up to 8.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league clash featuring these sides was Professional League match day 11 on 25/12/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Riyadh 0-2 Al-Ettifaq.

In that match, Al-Riyadh had 34% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Al-Ettifaq got 15 shots at goal with 8 on target. Francisco Calvo (90') and Georginio Wijnaldum (90') scored.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Al-Riyadh will need to push hard to get anything against this Al-Ettifaq lineup who should score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Al-Ettifaq at the end of this game.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Peter Guest, 17:07 09/04/2026