Al Littihad is something else this season, they are really on fire as it stands. Their level of seriousness and commitment is really something else too, 11 home games, no single loss or draw. Won all straight, for me that's a characteristics of a worthy champion. They will surely win the league with like 3 - 4 games remaining.
Al Ittihad hired a new coach, they signed some new players. Also, Benzema finally got a perfect coach, Laurent Blanc. This leads Benzema to perform with his best shape anymore. I think this makes Al Ittihad to be a different team in this season.
If we are talking about the chance of Al Ittihad to be the champion, no doubt they have a big chance and they surely deserve to win the trophy. They are strong in home matches, they also become stronger in away matches. Even they defeated Al Hilal with big scores. Besides Al Ittihad succeed improving their performance, they are also lucky because Al Hilal couldn't maintain their performance due to the injury of Mitrovic.