Al-Ain vs Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Al-Ain

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Al-Ain will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-1 AFC Champions League defeat last time out to Al-Hilal.

The only scorer from Al-Ain was Erik (12'). Rúben Neves (4') and Salem Al Dawsari (51') scored for Al-Hilal.

Al-Ain have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, although they have also managed to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Al-Ain have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those games. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai

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Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai will go into the game following on from a 4-1 Arabian Gulf League win to defeat Ittihad Kalba in their last fixture.

For Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, the goalscorers were Saeid Ezatolahi (45') and Igor Jesus (74'). Andrés Vombergar (5') scored for Ittihad Kalba.

The stats tell the story, and Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in total. In defence, Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai have some weaknesses to address.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 05/02/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Al-Ain winning 2 of those games, Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 8 of them for Al Zaeem and 8 being from Al Fursan Al Humur. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Arabian Gulf League match day 8 on 26/11/2023 when it ended Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai 0-3 Al-Ain.

📋 Team News: Al-Ain

Regarding absentees, there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Al-Ain gaffer Hernan Crespo to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. 3   (Al-Ain FC) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai

Due to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai manager Marko Nikolić has no fitness worries to speak of before this match.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Al-Ain will probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

Conversely, Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai might well find it a difficult task finding the net themselves but we can see them managing to get on the scoresheet.

We’re tipping a controlled 3-1 win for Al-Ain at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Victor Martins, 13:10 25/04/2024