In this week 28 match on May 29th, Al Ta’ee will host Al Ittihad in a Pro League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Al Ta’ee recorded a 2-1 win against Al Fateh. Mukhtar Ali struck first for Al Ta’ee in the 24th minute on a feed from Mohammed Harzan, but Ayman Al Khulaif got the equalizer for Al Fateh in the 70th minute. Al Ta’ee is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Al Hilal. Romario Ricardo da Silva scored the first goal for Al Ittihad in the 32nd minute on a penalty, but Delgado de Oliveira got the equalizer for Al Hilal in the 42nd minute on a penalty But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 66th minute on a goal by Al Dawsari. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Al Ittihad should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in King Abdullah Sports City, Al Ittihad was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Romario Ricardo da Silva struck first for Al Ittihad in the 27th minute on a feed from Hamdan Al Shamrani, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Al Ta’ee couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ittihad ran away with the shutout win.
da Silva has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Al Ittihad. Al Ta’ee is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Tobías Figueroa and Amir Sayoud each having 2 goals in their last 5.