📊 Form Guide

Umm Salal

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Umm Salal will be hoping for a better result following the 3-0 Stars League losing effort in their last game against Al-Wakrah.

In that game, Umm Salal managed 34% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Al-Wakrah got 15 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Aïssa Laïdouni (7'), Ayoub Assal (81') and Gelson Dala (89') scored for Al-Wakrah.

Matches featuring Umm Salal have proved to be absorbing encounters recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of those belonging to Umm Salal. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Al-Ahli

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Al-Ahli go into this meeting following a 2-1 Stars League win with the defeat of Al-Shahania in their last outing.

In that match, Al-Ahli managed 45% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Al-Ahli was Erik Expósito (92'). Al-Shahania had 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Marc Muniesa (13' Own goal) was the scorer for Al-Shahania.

The numbers tell their own story, and Al-Ahli have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. At the back, Al-Ahli have clearly had some problems.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 21/09/2021 shows that Umm Salal have won 2 of these games and Al-Ahli 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Barzan Falcons and 9 netted by Al Ameed. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Stars League match day 15 on 29/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Ahli 1-2 Umm Salal.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Ahli

From a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Al-Ahli boss Pepa Marques da Costa to be concerned about. Yousef Marei (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Al-Ahli and Umm Salal may well both score at least one goal each although picking a clear a winner isn’t easy.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. We therefore see a great battle with a 2-2 score draw by the conclusion of the match.

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

Victor Martins, 14:15 23/11/2024