Comments and predictions for Al Ittihad vs Al Fateh: The giants fall

Latest Al Ittihad vs Al Fateh team information

Despite Al Okhdood's Juan Pedroza scoring twice, Benzema responded with a hat-trick to move up to the top of the scoring charts alongside Joao Felix.

Steven Bergwijn also shone with 1 goal and 1 assist, while creating the most chances on the pitch (4 times).

Al Ittihad have no new injuries after their opening game, but goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic remains sidelined with a muscle problem.

For Al Fateh, Amine Sbai will be absent after receiving a red card in the 21st minute against Al Fayha.

Zaydou Youssouf – who scored in that defeat – is likely to continue in midfield alongside Sofiane Bendebka, who scored 12 goals last season.

Striker Mourad Batna, Al Fateh's top scorer last season with 13 goals, will also feature on the right wing, hoping to create a historic shock in Jeddah.

Latest predicted lineup for Al Ittihad vs Al Fateh

Al Ittihad:

Al-Absi; Mitaj, Danilo, Al-Mousa, Shanqeeti; Kante, Fabinho, Aouar; Bergwijn, Benzema, Diaby

Al Fateh:

Bukhari; Baattia, Fernandes, Saadane, Qasheesh; Batna, Youssouf, Bendebka, Al-Zubaidi; Anazi, Vargas

Latest football commentary Al Ittihad vs Al Fateh

After losing to Al-Nassr in the Saudi Super Cup semi-finals, Al Ittihad need a boost in the opening match of their Saudi Pro League title defence against Al Okhdood.

Laurent Blanc’s men did just that, scoring five goals in a 5-2 win over last season’s 15th-placed side. Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick – one of two in the first round (Al-Nassr’s Joao Felix also did) – as a warning to the rest of the competition.

Thanks to this victory, Al Ittihad has 15 wins in 22 matches in 2025, two more than Al-Nassr, and has only lost twice in that period.

Last season, the Jeddah team won 16 and drew 1 of their 17 home league games, so fans expect them to take all 3 points in Round 2. This belief is even more well-founded when Al Ittihad won all 5 of their most recent times hosting Al Fateh in Jeddah, scoring 14 goals and conceding only 3.

However, coach Jose Gomes' Al Fateh caused a surprise in 2025 when they defeated Al Ittihad, one of the two rare defeats of this team.

Although that victory took place at Al-Mubarraz, it ended a run of five consecutive defeats to their opponents, and ended a four-year wait to defeat the Jeddah side.

Gomes is now aiming to help Al Fateh beat Al Ittihad for the first time since eliminating them in the quarter-finals of the King's Cup in March 2021 with a score of 2-1.

The last time Al Fateh left Jeddah with at least a point was nearly six years ago, when they drew 1-1 in December 2019. Their last away win against Al Ittihad was in March 2013.

Those statistics show a huge challenge for Al Fateh in this round, especially when they started the season with a narrow defeat at home.

Latest Al Ittihad vs Al Fateh score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Al Ittihad vs Al Fatehas follows:

• Sportsmole:Al Ittihad 2-0 Al Fateh

• WhoScore:Al Ittihad 3-1 Al Fateh
• Our newspaper predicts:Al Ittihad 3-1 Al Fateh

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