Week 27 brings us a match on May 15th where Al Ittifaq hosts Al Hazm at Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd Stadium in a meeting of these two Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Al Ittifaq is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Hilal. Albulayhi struck first for Al Hilal in the 30th minute on a feed from Jang Hyun-Soo, then Odion Ighalo added another in the 51st minute on a penalty shot In the end, Al Ittifaq couldn’t muster any offence and Al Hilal ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Hazm recorded a 3-1 win against Al Feiha. Thaar Hussain struck first for Al Hazm in the 17th minute on a feed from Al Najai, then Aleksandar Trajkovski tied it up for Al Feiha in the 45th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
In their last match on Nov 21st, Al Ittifaq won by a score of 3 to 0. Robin Quaison struck first for Al Ittifaq in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Walid Azarou added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Naïm Sliti At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Hazm couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittifaq took the shutout win.
Luka Stojanović and Naoufel Zerhouni are the top scorers for Al Hazm in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Al Ittifaq’s most prolific scorer has been Naïm Sliti. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.