Saudi Pro League: Damac FC vs Al-Ettifaq – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Saudi Pro League game between Damac FC and Al-Ettifaq who meet up this coming Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Damac FC enjoy home advantage, when visitors Al-Ettifaq swing by this coming Friday for a clash in the Saudi Pro League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

A glance at the Saudi Pro League table reveals that the current difference between the teams is three points and six places.

Team form: Damac FC vs Al-Ettifaq

Damac FC Form

Only a single draw prevents Damac FC from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 1-0 defeat against Al Ittihad, before drawing 1-1 with Al Hazem. They came up empty-handed once again when Al Kholood ran out as 2-1 winners. Damac FC just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Saudi Pro League matches at the Damac Club Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded eight goals.

Al-Ettifaq Form

In their previous three matches, Al-Ettifaq won 2-1 against Al Kholood, drew 0-0 with Al Ahli before losing 4-1 against Al-Taawoun. Al-Ettifaq claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Saudi Pro League. The scoreline from these matches reads 11 goals conceded and nine scored.

Betting stats and facts for Damac FC and Al-Ettifaq

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Damac FC and Al-Ettifaq. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Damac FC vs Al-Ettifaq

Having scored just once lately in the Saudi Pro League, Jesus Medina will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Al-Ettifaq hope Georginio Wijnaldum can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Saudi Pro League goals in his last six Saudi Pro League games.

Popular markets: Damac FC vs Al-Ettifaq

Full-time result

Damac FC claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing six. Al-Ettifaq won four of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost three of the games in this run. Al-Ettifaq have not lost to Damac FC in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Damac FC scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Al-Ettifaq only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Damac FC managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Al-Ettifaq were first on target in five of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Damac FC, who scored an average of one goal along the way. In the last ten games for Al-Ettifaq, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.