Al-Ittihad vs Al Taee predictions and betting tips on May 31, 2023

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 1.71

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On May 31, King Abdullah Sports City (Jeddah) will host the match of the 30th round of the Saudi Professional League, in which Al-Ittihad will compete with Al Taee. The battle will start at 20:00 CET.

Al-Ittihad

The team is considered to be one of the strongest in the country. Still, the last time the title was taken is back in 2009. There were good chances to regain the championship in the previous season, but then Al-Hilal, which got 2 points more, won the race (67 against 65). Nowadays, Nuno Espirito Santo’s wards are in the 1st place. The higher mentioned result is possible despite the fact that there are no stars in the club, except Hélder Costa, who came from Valencia. However, Abderrazak Hamdallah, an experienced Moroccan forward, who has only played at Ålesund at the start of his career in Europe, shows great performance. Generally speaking, the team is good, and the only embarrassing thing is that there happened a defeat made by Al-Taawon and a draw in the match against Al-Hilal in May. To tell the truth, those misfires were away, and the following battle will be at the home arena. However, having defeated Al-Feiha with a 3-0 score in the previous round and taking into account the misfire of Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, the team picked up the trophy ahead of schedule.

Al Taee

The club is seemed to stop playing in the previous rounds. Speaking about the general results, this team reached the final of the Crown Prince Cup only once in its history, and it lost there. To be honest, it did not show anything noticeable in the championship. In this regard, the 6th place of the previous draw was a worthy result. Still, it was not possible to repeat it, neither under the rule of the Portuguese specialist, Pepe, who was appointed to the position a summer ago, nor with Rădoi, who coached the team in 2023. Mirel was fired on May 18, and for good reason: a 5-match unbeaten streak was replaced by new defeats. However, the pointless games were even without the Romanian mentor – 1-2 failures in the battles against Al-Taawon and Al-Wehda.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

Taking into account 10 previous battles, Al-Ittihad has got 9 wins. Still, Al-Taee took a home victory a year ago, in May 2022.

Predictions

Bookmakers believe that even having achieved the title, the hosts will cope with such an opponent. We are waiting for the victory of the newly-crowned champion in front of native fans with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.71).

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 1.71

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4.75

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