The Al-Ittihad Herald
Match17 Oct 2026
Al-Ittihad run riot against Al-Khaleej
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market19 Oct 2026
Predrag Rajković asks to leave Al-Ittihad
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match19 Oct 2026
The view from the top for Al-Ittihad
21 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Mahamadou Doumbia goes up and wins it — 7.82
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.82 for the rest of it.
Match17 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Al-Ittihad right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Mohammed Barnawi at Al-Ittihad
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mohammed Barnawi is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Al-Ittihad
Dion Lopy and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
One of those days for Houssem Aouar
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.17, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
A satisfied Sami Al-Ahmadi
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑0, Sami Al-Ahmadi could afford to be generous.
In brief
- The dugout Al-Ittihad pick somebody else ahead of George Ilenikhena
- Player ratings Youssef En-Nesyri runs at them all day
- Market The Youssef En-Nesyri question follows Al-Ittihad around