📏 Form Guide

Al-Duhail

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Al-Duhail, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Stars League success against Al-Gharafa.

In that game, Al-Duhail had 43% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Al-Duhail, the goals were scored by Almoez Ali (15') and Ismaeel Mohammad (87'). Al-Gharafa had 4 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Christophe Galtier's Al-Duhail have found the net a sum total of 12 times in their preceding 6 outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 6.

Al-Shamal

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Al-Shamal will go into this clash following on from a 3-0 Stars League win versus Al-Shahania in their previous game.

In that match, Al-Shamal managed 53% possession and 15 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For their opponents, Al-Shahania got 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Poya Asbaghi's Al-Shamal have found the back of the net 8 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 6.

👥 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs going back to 09/02/2022 tells us that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Al-Shamal. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Al-Duhail have dominated them, getting wins in 100% of those match-ups.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 29 in all at an average of 4.83 goals per match.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Stars League match day 9 on 01/11/2024 and the score finished Al-Shamal 2-6 Al-Duhail.

On that occasion, Al-Shamal managed 36% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Mohammed Musa (28' Own goal), Younès Belhanda (37') and Baghdad Bounedjah (73').

For their opponents, Al-Duhail had 19 shots at goal with 11 on target. Lucas Veríssimo (11'), Michael Olunga (23'), Almoez Ali (45', 77') and Luis Alberto (51') scored.

📰 Team News: Al-Duhail

Amir Hassan (Knee surgery) and Sultan Al-Brake (Broken toe) aren’t available for Al-Duhail boss Christophe Galtier.

📋 Team News: Al-Shamal

Al-Shamal manager Poya Asbaghi has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Jasim Ali Al-Hashemi (surgery), Mahdi Al-Mejaba (unknown injury) and Mohammed Al-Naimi (Knee injury) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Al-Shamal would be disappointed if they were not to get a goal against this Al-Duhail team, but that possibly won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Al-Duhail at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 13:05 05/04/2025