Ok im understand. It seems that getting a draw is more likely in this match. You are right that Al-Taawoun is still much better than Al-Ettifaq. And after I looked at Al-Ettifaq's match history in the last few weeks, it turns out that, as you said, Al-Ettifaq didn't get many points and instead more often drew or lost. And it looks like I won't bet on Al-Ettifaq because it seems quite risky. even though they are hosting.
Both Al Ettifaq and Al Taawoun are good teams, and they have performed credibly so far in this season. For quite long time, Al Taawoun was at the no.3 position in points table, but after their 3-0 loss to Al Hilal, they dropped to 4th position. Al Ettifaq lost a few matches recently, but still they have good players such as Moussa Dembélé, Jordan Henderson and Demarai Gray. But you are right about the comparison between the two teams. Ettifaq hasn't won any of their matches for quite some time, but Al Taawoun has the momentum with them.
Al Taawon and Al-Ettifaq actually have almost the same performance, only Al Taawon is more consistent and still has 2 wins in the last 5 matches, while Al-Ettifaq in the last 5 matches was only able to draw 4 times and lose once.
so it is only natural that Al Taawon can now get 4th position in the SPL standings.
and if we compare the performance of Al-Ettifaq with Al Taawon, Al Taawon is definitely superior because it has talented players and is more consistent in every match, always has a sharp focus on scoring or defending and this effort is made to get best position in the standings while Al-Ettifaq has been very inconsistent in the last few matches, the results have been very bad and it looks like Al-Ettifaq has to reshuffle its players, especially the defenders, which for me are currently very bad and also at least bring in talented european striker to add strength to the attack line.
we'll see, after getting new players, Al-Ettifaq will definitely get positive changes.