📏 Form Guide

Emirates

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Emirates, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 Arabian Gulf League victory against Khorfakkan.

For Emirates, goals were scored by Paco Alcácer (62') and Dia Sabia (65').

Emirates haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opponents over their last 6 fixtures. In those games, Emirates have also seen the number of goals against them come to 15.

Baniyas

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Al-Wasl in Arabian Gulf League competition, Baniyas and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Haris Seferović (90') was the scorer for Al-Wasl.

Looking at their form, and Baniyas have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. Defensively, Baniyas have clearly had some problems. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 03/05/2017 tells us that Emirates have won 0 of them and Baniyas 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 4.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 overall at an average of 4.5 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Arabian Gulf League match day 4 on 29/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Baniyas 0-0 Emirates.

📰 Team News: Emirates

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Emirates boss Walter Zenga to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. 13   (Emirates Club ) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Baniyas

Out of a mainly available group, there is just the one fitness problem for the Baniyas boss Darko Milanič to be concerned about. 10   (FC Baniyas) won’t be in action.

🔮 Prediction

Our pre-match assessment is that Baniyas can be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the other end, Emirates might well find it a difficult task to break down their defence but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Baniyas by the conclusion of the game.

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

Lucas Pereira, 17:05 28/03/2024