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Al-Markhiya will be at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium on Saturday for the Stars League clash with home team Al-Ahli.
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๐ Form Guide
Al-Ahli
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Al-Ahli will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 Stars League defeat in their last game at the hands of Al-Shamal.
In that game, Al-Ahli had 53% possession and 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Al-Shamal got 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Ricardo Gomes (65') scored for Al-Shamal.
Al-Ahli have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.
Theyโve hit an aggregate of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 8.
Al-Markhiya
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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Al-Sadd in Stars League action, Al-Markhiya and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Al-Markhiya managed 30% possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Al-Sadd got 29 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Paulo Otรกvio (26' Own goal) and Akram Afif (66') scored for Al-Sadd.
Looking at their form, and Al-Markhiya have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. In defence, Al-Markhiya could really do with shoring things up. We will have to see if that trend can be sustained in this game.
โ๏ธ Head to head
The last league clash between these sides was Stars League match day 9 on 24/11/2023 and the score finished Al-Markhiya 0-2 Al-Ahli.
In that game, Al-Markhiya had 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
Al-Ahli had 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.
๐๏ธ Team News: Al-Ahli
The Al-Ahli boss Pepa Marques da Costa doesnโt have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.
๐ Team News: Al-Markhiya
Due to a mostly available group of players, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Al-Markhiya manager Madjid Bougherra to be concerned about. Ali Al-Marri (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game. Tameem Al-Muhaza will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
๐ฎ Prediction
Our feeling is that Al-Markhiya certainly have the ability to score a goal against this Al-Ahli side, but that might not be enough to prevent defeat.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Al-Ahli when the full-time whistle blows. Should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 18:06 06/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Al-Ahli
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium (12,000)
Captain: Ali Qaderi
Chairman: Abdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
Manager: Pepa Marques da Costa
Competitions: Stars League position 8
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19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 43 | DDWWL |
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18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 40 | WDWWW |
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19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 37 | LWWWL |
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18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 35 | WWDLW |
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19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | WDDLW |
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19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 25 | DLWLW |
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18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 21 | DWWLW |
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18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 20 | LDWDL |
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18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 20 | WLDLL |
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18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 16 | LLLWL |
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18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 14 | DDLLW |
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18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 8 | WDLLL |
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