Al-Qadsiah vs Al Ettifaq prediction, odds and how to watch

Al-Qadsiah were utterly ruthless at home, putting Al Faisaly to the sword 3-1 in the Saudi Pro League with Mateo Retegui and Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat doing the damage before an Al-Shanqiti own goal sealed it.

Al Nassr came from behind to win 3-2 at Al Ettifaq in a Saudi Pro League fixture that illustrated everything about how the reigning champions impose their structure on a game. The decisive moment came in stoppage time, and the patterns that led there were visible from the first half.

Al-Qadsiah claimed all three points at NEOM SC through a first-half goal and a second-half penalty, winning 2-0 in a match where the home side generated far more volume but converted nothing. The scoreline tells you who won. The stats tell you why that result is more complicated than it looks.

Al Ittihad scored on the stroke of half-time and then held firm with ten men for the entire second half to claim a remarkable 1-0 victory at Al-Qadsiah, despite being outshot 26 to 5 and generating almost nothing in open play.

Al Ettifaq ground out a hard-earned 1-0 victory at Al Fateh thanks to a 78th-minute header, with the match data telling a clearer story than the scoreline suggests about where the structural gaps lie for the home side.

Al-Qadsiah arrive in this Saudi Pro League fixture having won all five of their away matches this season, but Al Kholood's stubborn home structure has not been breached in their last ten attempts. Something has to give on Thursday night.

Al Ettifaq host a struggling Al Khaleej side that has conceded 12 goals in their last five home matches. The structural question is whether Al Khaleej can organise themselves well enough away from home to avoid another painful evening.

Al-Qadsiah host Al Ettifaq on Thursday night carrying a concerning pattern at home, while the visitors arrive with a quietly impressive record on the road. The detail in the data tells a more interesting story than the surface result might suggest.