📊 Form Guide

Al-Ahli Saudi

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Al-Ahli Saudi fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 4-1 Professional League victory over Damac.

In that match, Al-Ahli Saudi had 54% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Al-Ahli Saudi, the scorers were Feras Al Brikan (10'), Riyad Mahrez (19') and Roberto Firmino (25'). For their opponents, Damac got 3 shots at goal with 2 on target. Domagoj Antolić (62') scored for Damac.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Al-Ahli Saudi have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Al-Ahli Saudi have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals on the way.

Al-Hilal

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Al-Hilal will go into this game following a 0-3 Professional League win to defeat Al-Taawoun in their last game.

In that match, Al-Hilal had 59% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Al-Hilal, the goalscorers were Aleksandar Mitrović (40'), Saud Abdulhamid (70') and Saleh Al Shehri (90'). Al-Taawoun got 5 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

In their last half-dozen clashes, Al-Hilal have amassed the sum of 17 goals. Al-Hilal have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During that period, they have seen 7 goals go against them. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league match featuring these sides was Professional League match day 11 on 27/10/2023 when the final score was Al-Hilal 3-1 Al-Ahli Saudi.

That time, Al-Hilal managed 50% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Sergej Milinković-Savić (1') and Aleksandar Mitrović (37').

For their opponents, Al-Ahli Saudi had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Allan Saint-Maximin (58') and Roger Ibañez (84' Own goal) scored.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Hilal

With a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Al-Hilal manager has zero fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Al-Hilal have the ability to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Al-Ahli Saudi might well find it a difficult task scoring goals but we can see them getting the chances to score, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a controlled 1-3 margin for Al-Hilal by the conclusion of the game.

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

Lucas Pereira, 17:04 06/05/2024