Al-Ittihad 1–0 Al-Taawoun — Saudi Pro League 2025/26 Match Stats

Saudi Pro League · 2025Sat, 3 Jan 2026, 17:30 UTCKing Abdullah Sports City

Al-Ittihad

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1–0Historical match

Al-Taawoun

WWDWW

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

Match at a glance

Al-Ittihad won 1–0.

Shots: 197
Shots on target: 70
Expected goals: 3.580.82
Possession: 63%37%

Full time

What the match recorded

Al-Ittihad FC beat Al Taawon 1–0. Recorded in this match (Al-Ittihad FC – Al Taawon): shots 19–7, shots on target 7–0, expected goals 3.58–0.82, possession 63%–37%. 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.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

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A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Al-Ittihad FC.

3.09 days ▲Rest daysAl-Ittihad FC · Al Taawon5 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Al-Ittihad FC	Al Taawon	Baseline
Rest days	3.09 days	5 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	2 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Al Taawon's recent record differs from the season

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

1.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2.25 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	1.8 goals/match	2.25 goals/match	1.48 goals/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

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

62.2% ●PossessionAl-Ittihad FC · Al Taawon48.2%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 14.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Al-Ittihad FC	Al Taawon	Baseline
Possession	62.2%	48.2%	49.2%

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots7 shotsAl-Ittihad 19 shots, Al-Taawoun 7 shots
Shots on target7 shots0 shotsAl-Ittihad 7 shots, Al-Taawoun 0 shots
Expected goals3.58 xG0.82 xGAl-Ittihad 3.58 xG, Al-Taawoun 0.82 xG
Possession63%37%Al-Ittihad 63%, Al-Taawoun 37%
Corners7 corners1 cornerAl-Ittihad 7 corners, Al-Taawoun 1 corner
Fouls17 fouls5 foulsAl-Ittihad 17 fouls, Al-Taawoun 5 fouls
Yellow cards1 card1 cardAl-Ittihad 1 card, Al-Taawoun 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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Al-Ittihad FC: 19 shots, 7 on target, 0.92 xG. Al Taawon: 7 shots, 0 on target, 0.10 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 0.92 xG · Al Taawon 0.10 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Al-Ittihad

2Draws

1Al-Taawoun

6 Feb 2025Al-Taawoun — Al-Ittihad · Saudi Pro League1–2

29 Aug 2024Al-Ittihad — Al-Taawoun · Saudi Pro League2–1

5 Apr 2024Al-Ittihad — Al-Taawoun · Saudi Pro League0–0

20 Oct 2023Al-Taawoun — Al-Ittihad · Saudi Pro League1–1

3 May 2023Al-Taawoun — Al-Ittihad · Saudi Pro League2–1

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 7 of 11 directional metrics · Al-Taawoun in 4

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Al-Ittihad12 matchesAl-Taawoun12 matches

1.92 goals/matchGoals scored12/12▲ 2.25 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed12/12▲ 1.17 goals/match

1.92 xG/match ▲Expected goals12/111.63 xG/match

13.7 shots/match ▲Shots12/1211.1 shots/match

5.42 shots/match ▲Shots on target12/124 shots/match

62.2% ●Possession12/1248.2%

6.17 corners/match ●Corners12/123.5 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards12/122.08 cards/match

12.7 fouls/matchFouls12/1211.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples12 / 12home / 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, 3 Jan 2026, 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