📊 Form Guide

Al-Rayyan

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Al-Rayyan, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 4-1 Stars League success versus Al-Ahli.

In that match, Al-Rayyan had 72% possession and 22 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. For Al-Rayyan, the scorers were Shogo Taniguchi (23'), Róger Guedes (85'), Rodrigo (88') and Achraf Bencharki (90'). Al-Ahli got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Naïm Sliti (11') was the scorer for Al-Ahli.

Over their past 6 games, Leonardo Jardim's Al-Rayyan have found the net a total of 12 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 2.

Al-Sadd

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Al-Sadd go into this match after a 0-4 Stars League win with the eclipse of Al-Shamal in their last match.

In that game, Al-Sadd had 64% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Al-Sadd, the scorers were Hassan Al Haydos (9'), Gonzalo Plata (26'), Akram Afif (83') and Paulo Otávio (90'). At the other end, Al-Shamal had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Al-Sadd have amassed a total of 22 goals. Al-Sadd have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have seen 9 goals scored by their opponents.

👥 Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results stretching back to 06/04/2021 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Al-Rayyan. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Al-Sadd have just been too good for them, getting wins in 100 per cent of those ties.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between them in this period, with 4 from The Lions and 15 for The Wolves . The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The last league match between the two was Stars League match day 11 on 09/12/2023 when it ended Al-Sadd 4-0 Al-Rayyan.

In that match, Al-Sadd managed 62% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Baghdad Bounedjah (46', 75', 83') and Gonzalo Plata (52').

At the other end, Al-Rayyan had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Rayyan

Sofiane Boufal (unknown injury) and Osama Al-Tairi (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Al-Rayyan boss Leonardo Jardim.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Sadd

Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Al-Sadd manager Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match. Gonzalo Plata is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Al-Sadd and Al-Rayyan could both find themselves scoring on more than one occasion in a potential goal-fest with little between the two teams.

An eventful draw is therefore a real possibility, and we are expecting it to be very tight. We’re therefore tipping a great battle with a 2-2 scoreline when all is said and done.

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Victor Martins, 15:02 28/04/2024