📊 Form Guide

Khorfakkan

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Khorfakkan will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-3 Arabian Gulf League defeat last time out to Al-Bataeh.

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

Khorfakkan haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their goals record equals just 4 against opponents during their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Khorfakkan have also seen the number of goals against them total 12.

Baniyas

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Al-Wahda in Arabian Gulf League competition, Baniyas and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The only scorer from Baniyas was Taulant Seferi (53'). Omar Kharbin (9', 97') scored for Al-Wahda.

Looking at their form, and Baniyas have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. At the back, Baniyas just haven’t been too solid at all. Regardless, time will tell if such a trend might be sustained in this upcoming game or not.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 13/02/2021 shows us that Khorfakkan have won 1 of them and Baniyas 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 from Khor Fakkan and 10 belonging to The Sky Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Arabian Gulf League match day 7 on 04/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Baniyas 1-0 Khorfakkan.

📋 Team News: Khorfakkan

The Khorfakkan manager Nebojša Jovović has zero fitness concerns at all before this clash with a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

📰 Team News: Baniyas

Due to a mostly available squad, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Baniyas boss Darko Milanič to be concerned about. 11   (FC Baniyas) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Baniyas and Khorfakkan should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

An eventful draw is therefore a real possibility, and we are expecting it to be very tight. We therefore think that it’s going to be a great battle with a 2-2 score when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Andre Moura, 13:05 21/04/2024