Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Shabab — Saudi Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Saudi Pro League · 2025Sat, 27 Dec 2025, 17:30 UTCKing Abdullah Sports City

Al-Ittihad

DLDLW

2–0Historical match

Al-Shabab

DDLDD

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Al-Ittihad won 2–0.

Shots: 166
Shots on target: 74
Expected goals: 2.980.59
Possession: 68%32%

Full time

What the match recorded

Al-Ittihad FC beat Al Shabab 2–0. Recorded in this match (Al-Ittihad FC – Al Shabab): shots 16–6, shots on target 7–4, expected goals 2.98–0.59, possession 68%–32%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Al Shabab have a visible away split

moderate

Al Shabab's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

9 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season11.6 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	9 shots/match	11.6 shots/match	11.4 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

The teams have contrasting possession records

strong

Al-Ittihad FC have recorded the higher season possession share.

62.8% ●PossessionAl-Ittihad FC · Al Shabab46.6%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 16.2 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Al-Ittihad FC	Al Shabab	Baseline
Possession	62.8%	46.6%	48.5%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Al-Ittihad FC's recent record differs from the season

weak

Al-Ittihad FC's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.9 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	1.9 goals/match	1.3 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots6 shotsAl-Ittihad 16 shots, Al-Shabab 6 shots
Shots on target7 shots4 shotsAl-Ittihad 7 shots, Al-Shabab 4 shots
Expected goals2.98 xG0.59 xGAl-Ittihad 2.98 xG, Al-Shabab 0.59 xG
Possession68%32%Al-Ittihad 68%, Al-Shabab 32%
Corners12 corners1 cornerAl-Ittihad 12 corners, Al-Shabab 1 corner
Fouls12 fouls8 foulsAl-Ittihad 12 fouls, Al-Shabab 8 fouls
Yellow cards1 card1 cardAl-Ittihad 1 card, Al-Shabab 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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on target
goal
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Al-Ittihad FC: 16 shots, 7 on target, 0.80 xG. Al Shabab: 6 shots, 4 on target, 0.20 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Al-Ittihad FC 0.80 xG · Al Shabab 0.20 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Al-Ittihad

0Draws

2Al-Shabab

29 Nov 2025Al-Ittihad — Al-Shabab · King's Cup4–1

20 May 2025Al-Shabab — Al-Ittihad · Saudi Pro League2–3

22 Jan 2025Al-Ittihad — Al-Shabab · Saudi Pro League2–1

26 Apr 2024Al-Ittihad — Al-Shabab · Saudi Pro League1–3

3 Nov 2023Al-Shabab — Al-Ittihad · Saudi Pro League1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Al-Ittihad favored in 5 of 11 directional metrics · Al-Shabab in 3 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Al-Ittihad10 matchesAl-Shabab10 matches

1.9 goals/match ▲Goals scored10/100.7 goals/match

1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed10/10▲ 1.3 goals/match

1.77 xG/match ▲Expected goals10/91.16 xG/match

13.4 shots/match ▲Shots10/1011.6 shots/match

5.4 shots/match ▲Shots on target10/103.6 shots/match

62.8% ●Possession10/1046.6%

6.3 corners/match ●Corners10/104.6 corners/match

2.3 cards/matchCards10/101.9 cards/match

12.3 fouls/matchFouls10/1011.1 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples10 / 10home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 27 Dec 2025, 21:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Saudi Pro League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance