📏 Form Guide

Al-Arabi

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Al-Arabi won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 Stars League defeat last time out to Umm Salal.

In that game, Al-Arabi had 64% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Al-Arabi was Mohamed Taabouni (23'). On the other side, Umm Salal had 10 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Kenji Gorré (64') and Oussama Tannane (86') scored for Umm Salal.

Fixtures with Al-Arabi have often been lively affairs lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 23 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 12 of these belonging to Al-Arabi.

Al-Markhiya

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Al-Markhiya go into this match after a 3-2 Stars League win vs Al-Gharafa in their last outing.

In that match, Al-Markhiya had 37% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Al-Gharafa got 23 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Yacine Brahimi (89') was the scorer for Al-Gharafa.

The numbers tell their own story, and Al-Markhiya have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Al-Markhiya have seen their frailties exposed. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

The last league game featuring the two was Stars League match day 10 on 01/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Al-Markhiya 0-4 Al-Arabi.

On that occasion, Al-Markhiya had 31% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Al-Arabi had 23 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Youssef Msakni (30', 45') and Rafinha (70') scored.

📰 Team News: Al-Arabi

The Al-Arabi manager Younes Ali Rahmati does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

📰 Team News: Al-Markhiya

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Al-Markhiya boss Madjid Bougherra to be concerned about. Ali Al-Marri (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Al-Arabi are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Al-Markhiya could well struggle getting goals but we do fancy them hitting back at some stage, too.

We reckon that it will be a decent 3-1 winning margin for Al-Arabi at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Peter Guest, 15:12 24/04/2024