📏 Form Guide

Baniyas

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Baniyas will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 Arabian Gulf League defeat in their last game at the hands of Khorfakkan.

Lourency (3') was the scorer for Khorfakkan.

Baniyas have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 against opposing sides during their last six matches. In those meetings, Baniyas have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 10. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this match, of course.

Hatta

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In their last fixture, Hatta drew 1-1 in the Arabian Gulf League tie with Emirates.

Dia Sabia (84') was the scorer for Emirates.

Showing their bias toward productive matches, goals have been scored 22 times in the prior six matches in which Hatta have played, making it a mean average of 3.67 goals each fixture. Their opponents have got 17 of this grand total.

↔️ Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings going back to 04/02/2017 tells us that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Hatta. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all while Baniyas have been superior, beating them in 83% of those games played.

7 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from The Sky Blues and 0 for Tornado. The average goals per game has been 1.17.

🗞️ Team News: Baniyas

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Baniyas manager Darko Milanič to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. 10   (FC Baniyas) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Hatta

Out of a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Hatta boss Fabio Viviani to be concerned about. 14   (Hatta Club ) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Baniyas will probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

However, Hatta are also probably going to find it difficult to score a goal of their own - but, we do see them hitting back at some stage here.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 margin for Baniyas at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:16 26/04/2024