Al-Jazira will visit Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium on Saturday for the Arabian Gulf League tie with home team Ittihad Kalba.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Ittihad Kalba v Al-Jazira - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Ittihad Kalba
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Ittihad Kalba prepare for this game after a 0-0 Arabian Gulf League stalemate versus Al-Bataeh.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Ittihad Kalba have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Ittihad Kalba have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals during that time. Having said that, time will tell whether the trend might continue on in this game.
Al-Jazira
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Since being beaten in their last game against Al-Wahda in Arabian Gulf League competition, Al-Jazira and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
For Al-Jazira, goals were scored by Ali Mabkhout (57') and Fernando (66' Own goal).
In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Al-Jazira, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per game in that spell is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by Al-Jazira standing at 1.83.
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Head to head
A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 29/10/2020 shows that Ittihad Kalba have won 1 of these and Al-Jazira 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.
A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 of them for The Tigers and 14 belonging to Pride of Abu Dhabi. The average goals per game has been 3.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Arabian Gulf League match day 26 on 11/05/2023 when the final score was Al-Jazira 2-0 Ittihad Kalba.
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Team News: Ittihad Kalba
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Ittihad Kalba boss Jorge da Silva to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. 11 (Ittihad Kalba) will miss out.
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Team News: Al-Jazira
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just the one fitness issue for the Al-Jazira manager to be concerned with. 6 (Al-Jazira) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Ittihad Kalba have it in them to score against this Al-Jazira lineup, although just one goal possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.
Our tip is for a 1-2 victory for Al-Jazira when the referee blows the final whistle. There looks to be little in this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
00:59 19/09/2023
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ittihad Kalba
Formed: 1972
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium (8,500)
Captain: Mansour Abbas
Chairman: Ali Hussain
Manager: Jorge da Silva
Competitions: Arabian Gulf League position 11