📊 Form Guide

Al-Ahli Saudi

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Al-Ahli Saudi will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 Professional League loss in their previous game against Al-Riyadh.

In that match, Al-Ahli Saudi managed 67% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Ahli Saudi was Franck Kessié (45'). At the other end, Al-Riyadh had 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Birama Touré (43') scored for Al-Riyadh.

Over their last 6 games, Al-Ahli Saudi have netted 6 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.

Damac

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Al-Taawoun in Professional League action, Damac and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Damac managed 54% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Al-Taawoun got 5 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Looking at their form, and Damac have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. In defence, Damac have not been doing too well. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall persist in this upcoming game.

👥 Head to head

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Professional League match day 13 on 09/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Damac 2-2 Al-Ahli Saudi.

In that match, Damac managed 49% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Farouk Chafaï (73') and Nicolae Stanciu (91').

On the other side, Al-Ahli Saudi got 9 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Abdulbasit Hindi (10') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: Damac

With a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Damac manager doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Al-Ahli Saudi will most probably score a couple of goals when they line up against Damac, who may well find it hard to break down their defence.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 2-0 win for Al-Ahli Saudi after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:12 02/05/2024