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Al-Arabi will arrive at Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium on Friday for the Stars League game with hosts Al-Wakrah.
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Al-Wakrah
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Al-Wakrah, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-5 Stars League triumph vs Qatar SC.
In that match, Al-Wakrah managed 64% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. For Al-Wakrah, the goalscorers were Ayoub Assal (52'), Gelson Dala (68', 71') and Mohamed Benyettou (77', 88'). On the other side, Qatar SC got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Yohan Boli (26') scored for Qatar SC.
Pepe Murcia's Al-Wakrah have found the net a sum total of 10 times in their prior six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time amounts to 7.
Al-Arabi
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Al-Gharafa in Stars League action, Al-Arabi and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Al-Arabi had 59% possession and 20 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Al-Gharafa had 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Ahmed Alaaeldin (48') was the scorer for Al-Gharafa.
Showing their bias toward eventful encounters, weโve had goals 23 times in the last six matches in which Al-Arabi have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.83 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 12 of these goals. Still, it remains to be seen whether that trend will be replicated in this next game.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 14/02/2021 shows us that Al-Wakrah have won 2 of them and Al-Arabi 4, with the tally of drawn games being 0.
In all, 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them from The Blue Wave and 8 created by Fareeg Al-Ahlam. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
The previous league contest featuring these sides was Stars League match day 9 on 25/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Arabi 2-1 Al-Wakrah.
In that match, Al-Arabi managed 61% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Youssef Msakni (77') and Jassem Gaber (88').
On the other side, Al-Wakrah had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Khalid Muneer (24') scored.
๐๏ธ Team News: Al-Wakrah
The Al-Wakrah manager Pepe Murcia will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match with a fully healthy squad to choose from.
โน๏ธ Team News: Al-Arabi
With a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Al-Arabi boss Younes Ali Rahmati has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.
๐ก Prediction
Weโre of the opinion that Al-Arabi will surely be able to get a goal against this Al-Wakrah side, but it may not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We can see a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Al-Wakrah at the end of the match. Letโs just see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 18:03 05/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Al-Wakrah
Formed: 1959
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium (12,000)
Captain: Ahmed Fadel
Chairman: Sheikh Khalifa bin Hassan
Manager: Pepe Murcia
Competitions: Stars League position 3
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18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 20 | WLDLL |
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18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 14 | DDLLW |
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18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 8 | WDLLL |
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