📏 Form Guide

Al-Rayyan

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Al-Rayyan will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-3 Stars League victory against Qatar SC.

In that game, Al-Rayyan managed 46% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Al-Rayyan, the goalscorers were Rodrigo (9') and Achraf Bencharki (76'). Qatar SC got 22 shots on goal with 5 on target.

A recurring theme in recent Al-Rayyan games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous six clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost.

Al-Ahli

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Since being beaten in their last game against Al-Sadd in Stars League action, Al-Ahli and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Al-Ahli had 30% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Al-Sadd got 14 shots at goal with 9 on target. Akram Afif (3', 57'), Guilherme (35') and Baghdad Bounedjah (69', 80', 90') scored for Al-Sadd.

A run of pretty shaky displays from the Al-Ahli defensive unit has resulted in a total of 18 goals being fired past them in just their previous 6 performances. They certainly could do with sorting out this disappointing facet of their game. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if such a trend will be sustained in this upcoming match.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 07/03/2021 shows us that Al-Rayyan have won 4 of these and Al-Ahli 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 14 of them from The Lions and 4 belonging to Al Ameed. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league match featuring the two was Stars League match day 10 on 02/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Ahli 0-4 Al-Rayyan.

That time, Al-Ahli managed 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

At the other end, Al-Rayyan had 14 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Rodrigo (4'), Róger Guedes (65', 85') and Achraf Bencharki (69') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Rayyan

Sofiane Boufal (unknown injury) and Osama Al-Tairi (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Al-Rayyan gaffer Leonardo Jardim.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Ahli

With a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Al-Ahli manager Pepa Marques da Costa does not have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Al-Rayyan should be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

However, Al-Ahli are also probably going to find it difficult to break down their defence but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Al-Rayyan at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Renata Leite, 15:12 24/04/2024