Umm Salal vs Al-Ahli Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Umm Salal

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Umm Salal head into this game after a 2-2 Stars League tied result vs Qatar SC.

The only player to score from Umm Salal was Victor Lekhal (40'). Javi Martínez (18', 22') scored for Qatar SC.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Umm Salal have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Umm Salal have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals along the way. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that pattern shall be sustained in this next match or not.

Al-Ahli

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Al-Gharafa in Stars League action, Al-Ahli and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only scorer from Al-Ahli was Naïm Sliti (14'). Yacine Brahimi (61', 72') and Farid Boulaya (101') scored for Al-Gharafa.

Showing their fondness for fruitful matches, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the last 6 games in which Al-Ahli have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Opposing teams have got 16 from this total.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results going back to 21/11/2020 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for Umm Salal. They’ve not managed to register any victories at all whereas Al-Ahli have just been too good for them, beating them in 83 per cent of those ties.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 3 of them for Barzan Falcons and 10 being from Al Ameed. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league meeting between the two was Stars League match day 12 on 29/01/2023 when it ended Al-Ahli 3-1 Umm Salal.

📋 Team News: Umm Salal

The Umm Salal boss Aziz Ben Askar will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Ahli

With a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Al-Ahli manager Nebojša Jovović doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all before this match.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Umm Salal will probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the other end, Al-Ahli are also probably going to find it difficult to score but we do fancy them scoring here.

Our selection here is for a 3-1 winning score for Umm Salal at full-time.

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

Peter Guest, 01:04 19/09/2023