📊 Form Guide

Al-Rayyan

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Al-Rayyan will be wanting a better result here following a 3-0 Stars League loss in their previous game against Al-Gharafa.

In that game, Al-Rayyan managed 58% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For their opponents, Al-Gharafa had 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Ahmed Alaaeldin (11', 60') scored for Al-Gharafa.

Matches featuring Al-Rayyan have tended to be absorbing ones recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 24 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 16 of them belonging to Al-Rayyan.

Al-Duhail

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Al-Duhail go into this game after a 3-1 Stars League win over Al-Shamal in their last fixture.

In that match, Al-Duhail managed 64% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Duhail was Michael Olunga (73', 89'). Al-Shamal had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Omid Ebrahimi (61') scored for Al-Shamal.

The stats tell the story, and Al-Duhail have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in total. Defensively, Al-Duhail just haven’t been too solid at all. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 17/10/2021 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Al-Rayyan. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories at all whereas Al-Duhail have simply been better than them, beating them in 83 per cent of those matches played.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per match.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Stars League match day 8 on 02/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Al-Duhail 3-2 Al-Rayyan.

In that match, Al-Duhail managed 66% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The goalscorers were Almoez Ali (59') and Michael Olunga (80', 88').

Al-Rayyan got 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Róger Guedes (15', 41') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Rayyan

Sofiane Boufal (unknown injury) and Osama Al-Tairi (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Al-Rayyan boss Leonardo Jardim.

📰 Team News: Al-Duhail

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Al-Duhail boss Christophe Galtier to be concerned with. Mohammed Muntari (Ankle ligament tear) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Al-Duhail are capable enough to breach the defence of this Al-Rayyan lineup, however it might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 victory for Al-Rayyan by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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

Renata Leite, 18:02 31/03/2024