Al-Ain take on visiting rivals Sharjah at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in this Arabian Gulf League game on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Al-Ain v Sharjah can be found here (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Al-Ain
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Al-Ain are hoping to win again following the 0-4 Arabian Gulf League triumph versus Ajman.
The only player to score from Al-Ain was Soufiane Rahimi (19', 74', 88').
Fixtures featuring Al-Ain have proved to be engaging affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six clashes, the sum of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 16 of them coming from Al-Ain.
Sharjah
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In their last fixture, Sharjah drew 2-2 in the Arabian Gulf League match with Al-Nasr.
Adel Taarabt (64') was the scorer for Al-Nasr.
The numbers tell their own story, and Sharjah have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. At the back, Sharjah certainly have room for improvement. We will see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
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Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 13/02/2021 shows us that Al-Ain have won 3 of them & Sharjah 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.
18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 for Al Zaeem and 8 being from Al Malek. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The last league contest between these sides was Arabian Gulf League match day 4 on 28/09/2023 when the final score was Sharjah 2-3 Al-Ain.
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Team News: Al-Ain
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Al-Ain boss Hernan Crespo to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. 2 (Al-Ain FC) won’t play.
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Team News: Sharjah
Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Sharjah boss Cosmin Olăroiu to be concerned about. 5 (Sharjah FC) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
We envisage that Al-Ain have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
However, Sharjah will not find it easy to find the back of the net although we do think it’s probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.
Therefore, we are anticipating a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Al-Ain at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
06:09 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Al-Ain
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25,053)
Captain: Bandar Al Ahbabi
Chairman: Hazza bin Zayed
Manager: Hernan Crespo
Competitions: Arabian Gulf League position 2