Al-Ahli vs Al-Wakrah Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Al-Ahli

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Al-Ahli will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 4-1 Stars League loss in their previous game against Al-Rayyan.

In that game, Al-Ahli managed 28% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Al-Ahli was Naïm Sliti (11'). Al-Rayyan got 22 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. Shogo Taniguchi (23'), Róger Guedes (85'), Rodrigo (88') and Achraf Bencharki (90') scored for Al-Rayyan.

It has been seldom in recent times where Al-Ahli haven’t conceded. In fact, Al-Ahli have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 21 goals in the process.

Al-Wakrah

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After being beaten in their last game against Al-Gharafa in Stars League action, Al-Wakrah will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Al-Wakrah had 52% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Al-Wakrah, the goalscorers were Ayoub Assal (47') and Mohamed Benyettou (53'). At the other end, Al-Gharafa had 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. Ferjani Sassi (22') and Yacine Brahimi (59', 67') scored for Al-Gharafa.

Illustrating their predisposition for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 23 times in the last six matches in which Al-Wakrah have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 3.83 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 10 from this total. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 02/01/2021 shows that Al-Ahli have won 1 of these games & Al-Wakrah 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Stars League match day 11 on 08/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Wakrah 3-2 Al-Ahli.

That day, Al-Wakrah had 56% possession and 11 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Mohamed Benyettou (24', 36') and Ayoub Assal (48').

At the other end, Al-Ahli got 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Robin Tihi (91') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Al-Ahli

The Al-Ahli boss Pepa Marques da Costa doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Wakrah

Due to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Al-Wakrah boss Pepe Murcia has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Omar Ali and Abdelaziz Mitwali.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Al-Ahli will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Al-Wakrah outfit, but one goal is unlikely to be good enough.

We’re therefore tipping a narrow 1-2 victory for Al-Wakrah at full-time. Looking forward to this.

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

Victor Martins, 23:09 26/04/2024