📏 Form Guide

Al-Rayyan

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Al-Rayyan prepare for this game after a 0-0 Stars League stalemate versus Al-Duhail.

In that game, Al-Rayyan managed 37% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Al-Duhail got 21 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

Al-Rayyan have been conceding pretty frequently lately, although they’ve also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Al-Rayyan have seen their goal breached in 5 of them while also scoring in 5 of those games. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Al-Gharafa

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Al-Gharafa go into this clash following a 2-0 Stars League win with the eclipse of Al-Ahli in their previous game.

In that game, Al-Gharafa had 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Al-Gharafa, the goals were scored by Rodrigo (35') and Ferjani Sassi (56'). Al-Ahli had 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Proving their bias toward fruitful matches, goals have been seen as many as 23 times in the previous 6 matches in which Al-Gharafa have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.83 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have got 10 of these goals.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 24/02/2022 shows that Al-Rayyan have won 1 of them and Al-Gharafa 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 27 in all which averages out at 4.5 goals per meeting.

The last league clash between these sides was Stars League match day 3 on 23/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Gharafa 2-1 Al-Rayyan.

That time, Al-Gharafa had 37% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Florinel Coman (70', 83').

For their opponents, Al-Rayyan had 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Róger Guedes (65') was the scorer.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Rayyan

Gabriel Pereira (Ankle surgery), Achraf Bencharki (Torn muscle fiber), Adel Bader (Muscle injury), Thiago Mendes (Hamstring injury), Ahmed Al-Minhali (Knee medial ligament tear) and Mostafa Osama Abouelela (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Al-Rayyan gaffer Younes Ali Rahmati.

📰 Team News: Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa manager Pedro Martins has to choose a team with limited availability. Mostafa Essam (unknown injury), Saifeldeen Fadlalla (Torn ligaments) and Wajdi Kechrida (Knee injury) are not able to play.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Al-Gharafa have the firepower to find the net against this Al-Rayyan lineup, although it probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Al-Rayyan at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Peter Guest, 13:05 29/01/2025