📊 Form Guide

Al-Arabi

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Al-Arabi will be hoping for a better result after the 0-3 Stars League loss in their previous game against Umm Salal.

In that game, Al-Arabi had 55% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. Umm Salal had 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Kenji Gorré (5'), Antonio Mance (27') and Oussama Tannane (38') scored for Umm Salal.

Their most recent results can’t hide the truth which is that much more can be done by the Al-Arabi defence. Al-Arabi have managed to let an embarrassing 18 goals fly into the back of their net over the course of their previous six clashes. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall be maintained here in this game or not.

Al-Shahania

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Al-Gharafa in Stars League competition, Al-Shahania and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Al-Shahania managed 47% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Al-Shahania, the goals were scored by Marc Muniesa (66' Own goal) and Pelle van Amersfoort (76'). At the other end, Al-Gharafa got 23 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Florinel Coman (19') and Ferjani Sassi (70', 90') scored for Al-Gharafa.

Al-Shahania have been dangerous up front in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 12 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Al-Shahania can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 01/04/2017 shows us that Al-Arabi have won 3 of these games & Al-Shahania 1, with the number of draws being 2.

A total of 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them for Fareeg Al-Ahlam and 6 being from The Oryxes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league match between these clubs was Stars League match day 12 on 11/08/2024 and the score finished Al-Shahania 0-0 Al-Arabi.

📰 Team News: Al-Arabi

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Al-Arabi gaffer to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Yazan Al-Naimat (Shoulder injury) won’t play.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Shahania

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just a single fitness issue for the Al-Shahania manager to contend with. Bandar Badr Naser Badr (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Al-Shahania are certainly able to break down this Al-Arabi side, however it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 victory for Al-Arabi at full-time. It’s a very tough call.

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

Andre Moura, 15:03 10/01/2025