📏 Form Guide

Al-Shamal

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Al-Shamal will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-1 Stars League losing effort in their last game against Al-Duhail.

In that game, Al-Shamal managed 36% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Shamal was Omid Ebrahimi (61'). For their opponents, Al-Duhail got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Michael Olunga (73', 89') scored for Al-Duhail.

Poya Asbaghi's Al-Shamal have hit the back of the net 8 times in their last six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 8.

Al-Ahli

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In their last fixture, Al-Ahli drew 1-1 in the Stars League match with Al-Arabi.

In that game, Al-Ahli had 40% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Al-Arabi had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Youssef Msakni (56') was the scorer for Al-Arabi.

The numbers tell their own story, and Al-Ahli have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. In defence, Al-Ahli certainly have room for improvement. Such a pattern might not be continued here, however.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/02/2015 shows that Al-Shamal have won 3 of these and Al-Ahli 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 from Al-Shamal and 6 being from Al Ameed. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league game between these sides was Stars League match day 8 on 03/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Al-Ahli 1-2 Al-Shamal.

That time, Al-Ahli managed 63% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Naïm Sliti (45').

Al-Shamal had 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Ricardo Gomes (59') scored.

📰 Team News: Al-Shamal

The Al-Shamal manager Poya Asbaghi has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully healthy group available for selection.

📰 Team News: Al-Ahli

Owing to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Al-Ahli manager Pepa Marques da Costa doesn’t have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Al-Ahli and Al-Shamal should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

Let’s see how it plays out, but we expect to see goals and there is to be a real possibility it will end up level. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 2-2 draw when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:08 29/03/2024