Al Adalh vs Al-Ettifaq tips and predictions

Hosts cannot be relied on

Al Adalh are currently in 15th place as they look ahead to hosting tenth place Al-Ettifaq.

You might think Al Adalh can score eight absolute belters here but sadly, they are too short to back.

Overall the smart play is to take the decent price available for the visitors to come through. Al Adalh have been up and down. They've lost 7 of their last 14 games as hosts. Those reverses have not been helped by their recent goal tally. They've been goalless in 7 of their last 16 home matches which is analysis that will give supporters of the upset some confidence. They've had a few lapses of concentration. Conceding an average of 2.2 goals from their latest 5 home matches has given them pause for thought.

Al-Ettifaq have delivered some commendable results. They've scored at least once in all of their last 3 away matches. To have any chance of success they'll have to contribute more goals to that number. If the visitors put some decent passages together they might get the job done.

This isn't a very confident prediction and the visitors will feel they've exceeded expectations if they end up in deadlock. The betting markets imply that both sides can get in on the act despite the favouritism for Al Adalh. However, the odds-against for the BTTS No is slightly more attractive this time around. As for the goal line, it's Under 3.5 for this one given the latest odds.

Al-Ettifaq have won all of the last 3 matches between the teams.