📏 Form Guide

Al-Wakrah

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Al-Wakrah will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 4-3 Stars League triumph versus Al-Arabi.

In that game, Al-Wakrah managed 41% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Al-Wakrah, goals were scored by Gelson Dala (6'), Aïssa Laïdouni (9') and Ricardo Gomes (62'). At the other end, Al-Arabi got 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Marco Verratti (16'), Rodri (67') and Youssef Msakni (74') scored for Al-Arabi.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that a bigger effort is required from the Al-Wakrah backline. Al-Wakrah have managed to let a total of 18 goals go in at the wrong end as far as they are concerned over the course of their previous 6 outings. Having said that, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall persist in this next game.

Al-Shahania

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Al-Shahania will go into the clash following a 2-1 Stars League win to beat Al-Khor in their last game.

In that game, Al-Shahania managed 73% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The only player to score for Al-Shahania was Pelle van Amersfoort (85'). At the other end, Al-Khor got 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Al-Shahania, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match within that spell is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by Al-Shahania working out to 1.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 19/02/2015 shows us that Al-Wakrah have won 3 of them and Al-Shahania 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

In all, 17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 11 of them for The Blue Wave and 6 coming from The Oryxes. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Stars League match day 3 on 23/08/2024 when it ended Al-Shahania 0-1 Al-Wakrah.

On that occasion, Al-Shahania managed 39% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Al-Wakrah got 21 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Ricardo Gomes (74') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Shahania

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only the one fitness problem for the Al-Shahania boss to be concerned with. Bandar Badr Naser Badr (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Al-Shahania have it in them to find the net against this Al-Wakrah team, but that might not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Al-Wakrah at the end of this one. It’s a very tough call.

Lucas Pereira, 15:09 31/01/2025