Al-taawoun vs Al-ittihad: everything we know so far

Al-Taawoun 0-2 Al-Ittihad: Aouar leads charge for Conceicao's side. Al-taawoun vs Al-ittihad has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Zimbabwe.

Key facts

• Al-Taawoun 0-2 Al-Ittihad: Aouar leads charge for Conceicao's side.
• Al-Ittihad defeats Al-Taawoun 2-0 in the Saudi Roshan League.
• Al-Ittihad closed the gap to Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League table, and ended their long wait for a win on the road in the competition.
• Houssem Aouar led Al-Ittihad to a 2-0 win over Al-Taawoun, moving to within a point of their opponents in the Saudi Pro League table.
• Al-Ittihad have now won their last four matches against Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League, with their hosts providing a much-needed balm to their away struggles.

What we know

Going deeper, Al-Ittihad defeats Al-Taawoun 2-0 in the Saudi Roshan League.

On the substance, Al-Ittihad closed the gap to Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League table, and ended their long wait for a win on the road in the competition.

Beyond the headlines, Houssem Aouar led Al-Ittihad to a 2-0 win over Al-Taawoun, moving to within a point of their opponents in the Saudi Pro League table.

More precisely, Al-Ittihad have now won their last four matches against Al-Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League, with their hosts providing a much-needed balm to their away struggles.

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By the numbers

At this stage, Aouar got a goal and an assist as Al-Ittihad bounced back from their last-gasp 4-3 loss to Neom last time out with an important win.

On a related note, And against the run of play, Al-Ittihad found the breakthrough in the 19th minute.

Going deeper, Flavio and Martin Petkov both fired wide as Al-Taawoun searched for an equaliser on either side of the break before they were dealt another blow 52 minutes in.

On the substance, Martinez continued to push for Al-Taawoun, thumping a header against the corner of the goal frame with 20 minutes remaining, but they could not find a way back.

The wider context

On a related note, they had to be clinical under pressure; they scored with both of their shots on target (only having three overall), while holding off Al-Taawoun's 19 attempts worth 1.68 expected goals (xG).

Going deeper, Al-Taawoun started on the front foot, with Roger Martinez seeing a first-time effort tipped just wide of the post before Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi's tame effort was also kept out.

On the substance, Data Debrief: Al-Ittihad stop the rot on the road.

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The bottom line

• They had to be clinical under pressure; they scored with both of their shots on target (only having three overall), while holding off Al-Taawoun's 19 attempts worth 1.68 expected goals (xG).
• Sergio Conceicao's side were winless in their last eight away matches in the league (D4 L4) before this game, and avoided three straight defeats in such games.
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