📊 Form Guide

Al-Arabi

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Al-Arabi head into this match following a 1-1 Stars League draw versus Al-Ahli.

In that match, Al-Arabi had 60% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Arabi was Youssef Msakni (56'). On the other side, Al-Ahli got 9 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Fixtures involving Al-Arabi have proved to be absorbing affairs recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen games, the sum total of 22 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 11 of those being chalked up by Al-Arabi. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see if that pattern might continue on in this next match.

Al-Gharafa

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Al-Gharafa will come into the encounter following a 3-0 Stars League win against Al-Rayyan in their previous match.

In that game, Al-Gharafa managed 42% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Gharafa was Ahmed Alaaeldin (11', 60'). On the other side, Al-Rayyan got 24 attempts at goal with 8 on target.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Al-Gharafa, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average goals scored per match within that spell is 3.33, with the average number of goals for Al-Gharafa being 2.33.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 13/01/2021 shows us that Al-Arabi have won 3 of these and Al-Gharafa 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 12 from Fareeg Al-Ahlam and 8 being from The Cheetahs. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league match featuring the two was Stars League match day 8 on 03/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Al-Gharafa 5-4 Al-Arabi.

In that match, Al-Gharafa managed 39% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 10 on target. The goals were scored by Yacine Brahimi (4'), Ferjani Sassi (15'), Yohan Boli (53') and Farid Boulaya (89').

Al-Arabi had 14 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Youssef Msakni (44') scored.

📋 Team News: Al-Arabi

The Al-Arabi boss Younes Ali Rahmati will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Al-Gharafa

From a largely available squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Al-Gharafa boss Pedro Martins to be concerned with. Mostafa Essam (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, Al-Arabi would be disappointed if they were not to score a goal against this Al-Gharafa team, but a single goal probably won’t quite prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 winning score for Al-Gharafa at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

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

Victor Martins, 18:06 30/03/2024