Saudi Pro League: Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Taawoun – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League round 17 match between Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Al-Taawoun travel to face Al-Ettifaq in a Saudi Pro League encounter at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium on Saturday.

Placed eightth in the table Al-Ettifaq have amassed 24 points after 16 matches. On 31 points, Al-Taawoun rank fourth with 16 matches played this season.

Form: Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Taawoun

Al-Ettifaq Form

Al-Ettifaq have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Al Ittihad, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Al Akhdoud, who ran out 1-0 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 0-0 draw with Al Shabab. Al-Ettifaq only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Saudi Pro League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored ten and conceded eight goals.

Al-Taawoun Form

Al-Taawoun won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-2 against Al Riyadh, before beating Al Shabab 1-2. Another win followed, this time by 4-1 against Al-Fayha. In their last six Saudi Pro League away matches, Al-Taawoun have three wins, they’ve drawn one and lost one two. They scored nine while also conceding eight times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Betting stats for Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun played across all tournaments.

Interesting players: Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Taawoun

Georginio Wijnaldum look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Saudi Pro League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Joao Pedro adds to his four Saudi Pro League goals come this coming Saturday.

Popular markets: Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Taawoun

Full-time result

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium witnessed Al-Ettifaq winning four of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew four and lost two in this run. Al-Taawoun won five of their previous 10 games away, drew two and lost three. Al-Taawoun have not lost to Al-Ettifaq in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Al-Ettifaq scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Al-Taawoun scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Al-Ettifaq probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Al-Taawoun managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed four clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Al-Taawoun have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Al-Ettifaq when playing at away ground.

Total goals

In the past ten matches for Al-Ettifaq across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in three times of them with an average of 0.9 goals goals scored by themselves. In the previous ten matches for Al-Taawoun, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in six of them. On average, Al-Taawoun scored 1.7 times goals per game.

Betting tip: Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Taawoun

In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Al-Ettifaq and Al-Taawoun. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.

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