📊 Form Guide

Al-Shabab

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Al-Shabab fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-3 Professional League success versus Al-Ittihad.

In that game, Al-Shabab had 51% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Al-Shabab, the goals were scored by Habib Diallo (48'), Carlos Júnior (82') and Musab Al Juwayr (90'). For their opponents, Al-Ittihad had 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Abderrazak Hamed Allah (58') was the scorer for Al-Ittihad.

Fixtures with Al-Shabab have usually been engaging ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 15 of these accredited to Al-Shabab. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Al-Raed

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In their previous game, Al-Raed drew 2-2 in the Professional League match with Al-Ettifaq.

In that game, Al-Raed managed 35% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Raed was Mathias Normann (90'). For their opponents, Al-Ettifaq had 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Moussa Dembélé (71') and Haroune Camara (90') scored for Al-Ettifaq.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Al-Raed have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 8 times thus giving them the goals per game average of 1.33.

👥 Head to head

The previous league clash between the two was Professional League match day 13 on 09/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Raed 2-1 Al-Shabab.

In that game, Al-Raed managed 32% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Julio Tavarès (55').

Al-Shabab got 19 shots at goal with 6 on target. Romain Saïss (93') was the scorer.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Raed

Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Al-Raed boss doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this game.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Al-Shabab are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Al-Raed could well struggle to score a goal of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a decent 3-1 winning margin for Al-Shabab after 90 minutes.

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

Renata Leite, 14:08 04/05/2024