Sport 24 numbers .. All you need to know before the Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad Clasico

The eyes of the Saudi and Arab fans turn, on Tuesday evening, towards Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Malaz, to follow the upcoming Clasico between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad at the top of the 27th round matches of the Roshen Professional League.

The match represents the most important turning point in the title race, as Al-Ittihad enters the match while it is 5 points away from its pursuit of victory, and it needs only 7 points from its remaining four matches to crown the absent title since 2009.

On the other hand, Al-Hilal enters the meeting ecstatic by winning the Cup of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, which is the title that saved Al-Hilal’s season after a series of local and Asian disappointments, so that it became theoretically out of the race for the league, as it finished fourth with 49 points and 4 matches remain other than the Al-Ittihad match.

And if Al-Ittihad seeks to snatch El Clasico points to win the league title by a very large percentage, then Al-Hilal also aims to win, hoping to improve its position in the standings table, as it comes fourth, 4 points behind Al-Shabab, who played more matches.

And he reads “Sport 24” in the numbers of the two teams before El Clasico No. 30 between them in the Professional League, noting that Al Hilal excels with 14 victories compared to 6 victories for Al Ittihad, while the tie settled 9 matches.

Al-Hilal is the team that Al-Ittihad lost the most in the professional league, and it is also the team that received the most goals from it, with 50 goals.

Al-Hilal is considered the only team that scored more than 200 goals during the confrontations of the Big 5, “Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahly, and Al-Shabab,” as Al-Hilal scored 202 goals during its confrontations with these teams.

Al-Ittihad seeks to achieve an unprecedented number against Riyadh clubs, as if it wins, it will have reached 3 consecutive victories in one season against Riyadh clubs for the first time.

The player, Odion Ighalo, the Al Hilal striker, since his transfer to the team, is the owner of the largest share of goals, whether by scoring or contributing during the confrontations of the Big Five in the professional league, as Al Hilal scored 24 goals, and Odion ensured that 11 of them were scored, in addition to two assists.

In total, Ighalo contributed 19 goals (scoring 16 and making 3) during 18 matches between the Big 5 in the Professional League.

On the other hand, Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah contributed 26 goals during 30 confrontations between the Big 5 in the Professional League, with 16 goals and 3 assists.

Since Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah joined the federation in January 2022, the federation has scored 15 goals in the Big 5 confrontations in the Professional League, Hamdallah contributed to 7 of them, “6 goals and an assist,” and Romarinho contributed to 7 of them, “5 goals and two assists.”

Al-Hilal suffers this season from a negative number, as it wasted 13 points after advancing the result in the professional league this season, which is the highest balance it has wasted during one season, equally with 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, and it has never wasted a greater number in one season. with the competition.

Al-Hilal decided the last 3 confrontations against Al-Ittihad in the Professional League, while the last victory for Al-Ittihad dates back to April 9, 2021, noting that Al-Ittihad’s last victory over Al-Hilal in Riyadh was on October 28, 2016.

* Card match

Timing: Tuesday, May 16th – 9:30 pm
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd – Riyadh

Encounters history

Matches: 29
Al-Hilal won: 14
Union victory: 6
tie: 9