📏 Form Guide

Al-Jazira

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Al-Jazira go into this fixture following on from a 2-2 Arabian Gulf League draw vs Al-Ain.

For Al-Jazira, the goals were scored by Bruno (11') and Mamadou Coulibaly (90'). Matías Palacios (61') scored for Al-Ain.

Al-Jazira have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, but they have also managed to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Al-Jazira have been punished defensively in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Khorfakkan

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Al-Bataeh in Arabian Gulf League action, Khorfakkan and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Anatole Abang (9') and Paulinho (38') scored for Al-Bataeh.

The forward players for Khorfakkan have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six encounters, netting the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, Khor Fakkan have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 12. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 11/05/2021 shows us that Al-Jazira have won 3 of them and Khorfakkan 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 25 overall which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.

The last league game between the two was Arabian Gulf League match day 6 on 28/10/2023 when it ended Khorfakkan 4-2 Al-Jazira.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Jazira

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Al-Jazira boss Bob de Klerk to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. 8   (Al-Jazira) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Khorfakkan

Thanks to a completely healthy group to pick from, the Khorfakkan manager Nebojša Jovović has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

✨ Prediction

In this game, Al-Jazira will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Khorfakkan may well find it hard to score although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here, too.

Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Al-Jazira when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Victor Martins, 13:16 16/04/2024