📊 Form Guide

Al-Ettifaq

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Al-Ettifaq go into this match after a 2-2 Professional League tied result versus Al-Wahda.

In that match, Al-Ettifaq managed 49% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Al-Ettifaq, the goals were scored by Moussa Dembélé (79') and Abdullah Madu (90'). At the other end, Al-Wehda got 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Youssef Amyn (85') scored for Al-Wahda.

Fixtures with Al-Ettifaq have often been entertaining affairs recently with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 22 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 10 of them belonging to Al-Ettifaq.

Al-Shabab

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Al-Shabab head into the clash after a 2-1 Professional League win to beat Al-Fayha in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Al-Shabab managed 63% possession and 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Shabab was Abderrazak Hamed Allah (34', 90'). For their opponents, Al-Fayha got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Renzo López (57') scored for Al-Fayha.

Al-Shabab have been a threat going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 10 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Al-Shabab can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same outings. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Professional League match day 1 on 24/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Al-Shabab 0-1 Al-Ettifaq.

In that match, Al-Shabab managed 60% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target.

For their opponents, Al-Ettifaq got 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Moussa Dembélé (74') was the scorer.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Ettifaq

Jack Hendry (unknown injury), Karl Toko Ekambi (Adductor injury) and Demarai Gray (Muscle injury) won’t be able to feature for Al-Ettifaq .

📋 Team News: Al-Shabab

Al-Shabab has to choose a team with limited availability. Seung-gyu Kim (Cruciate ligament tear), Fahad Al-Muwallad (unknown injury) and Hussain Al-Sabiyani (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Al-Shabab and Al-Ettifaq could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this game.

Victor Martins, 16:03 31/01/2025