Al Ettifaq really failed in today's match against Al Fateh because they were beaten at home. Gerrad again failed to score points in this match because Al Ettifaq was defeated in the final minutes of the match through Djaniny's goal. This failure meant that Al Ettifaq failed to break into the top 4 this week because they were still stuck in 6th place in the standings. In fact, there is a big possibility that Al Ettifaq's ranking will be shifted again by Al Ahli if Al Ahli is able to get 3 points in tomorrow's match.
This was not a good result for a team that had also spent quite a lot of money to buy several players from leagues in Europe, from two matches they could only get 1 point, so it could be said that Ettifaq was no longer a champion contender.
Ettifaq controlled the match, but Al Fateh was able to play more effectively and the two good opportunities they had were maximized so that became goals and the final goal in injury time meant that the home team had to accept this quite painful defeat.
It seems like Steven Gerrard hasn't found a way to make his team consistent. If he fails to get good results this season, maybe his contract will end quickly and being a coach in the Scottish league seems more suitable for him who has achieved success there.
Tomorrow's match will have lots of interesting matches to watch, one of which is Al Ittihad vs Al Ahli because these two teams are big teams in the Saudi Arabian league. We will see Benzema vs Firmino in this match, can they bring luck to their respective teams. I believe Al Ittihad is very superior in this match because they are playing at home and also have an impressive record in their last 5 matches.
Both of them were not very good in their first season in this league Benzema and Firmino, both only scored 3 goals in the matches they played, but Ittihad is luckier because there is Hamdallah who is quite sharp as a striker in the team and so far he is more productive than Benzema. My prediction is that this will be a victory for Ittihad and they will take over the top position in the standings from Al Taawoun.