Week 17 features a match on Fri Jan 14th, where Al Raed will host Al Ittihad at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 6th placed Al Raed is fresh off their 3-2 win against Al Fateh. Karim Berkaoui scored the first goal for Al Raed in the 35th minute on a penalty shot, then in the 48th minute, Firas Albirakan sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ivan Santini , but fortunately for Al Raed it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Al Raed is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while al Ittihad is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Al Feiha. Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi struck first for Al Ittihad in the 34th minute on a feed from Bruno Henrique, then Romario Ricardo da Silva added another in the 67th minute In the end, Al Feiha 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 is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Al Ittihad and Al Raed last played eachother at the King Abdullah Sports City on the 16th of August. Al Ittihad won by a score of 3 to 0. Al Muwallad Al Harbi scored the first goal for Al Ittihad in the 7th minute from the penalty spot, then Ahmed Hegazy added another in the 15th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Raed couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittihad took the shutout win.
Al Ittihad is glad to have da Silva in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Karim Berkaoui has been the most prolific scorer on Al Raed in the last five matches with three goals.