The Stars League clash at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Saturday will see home side Al-Rayyan go up against Al-Sadd.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Al-Rayyan v Al-Sadd can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Al-Rayyan
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Al-Rayyan will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 Stars League loss in their previous game against Al-Ahli.
In that game, Al-Rayyan had 55% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Al-Ahli had 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Erik Expósito (53') was the scorer for Al-Ahli.
Matches involving Al-Rayyan have tended to be exciting ones lately with high scoring expected. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a total of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 12 of them coming from Al-Rayyan. Let’s find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.
Al-Sadd
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Al-Sadd will come into the meeting following a 3-0 Stars League win as they beat Al-Wakrah in their previous game.
In that game, Al-Sadd had 50% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Al-Sadd, the goalscorers were Akram Afif (72', 86') and Youcef Atal (90'). At the other end, Al-Wakrah got 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.
The attack-minded Al-Sadd have managed to bag an absolute glut of goals in their past six encounters (18 to be precise). That translates to the impressive mean average of 3 goals scored per game for this time.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 08/03/2022 shows us that Al-Rayyan have won 1 of these and Al-Sadd 5, with the number of drawn results being 0.
An aggregate of 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Lions and 11 netted by The Wolves . That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was Stars League match day 9 on 31/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Al-Sadd 2-1 Al-Rayyan.
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Team News: Al-Rayyan
Tameem Mansour (Muscle tear), Ahmed Al-Minhali (Knee medial ligament tear) and Mostafa Osama Abouelela (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Al-Rayyan boss Artur Jorge.
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Team News: Al-Sadd
Al-Sadd boss Félix Sánchez Bas has to currently contend with reduced team options. Romain Saïss (Torn ankle ligaments), Mohammed Waad (Knee injury), Saad Al-Sheeb (Calf injury) and Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.
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Prediction
In this match, Al-Rayyan should have enough to put one past this Al-Sadd outfit, however a single goal isn’t likely to be enough to prevent defeat.
We can see a narrow 1-2 win for Al-Sadd after the 90. Hopefully this is a good one.
Renata Leite,
18:06 03/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Al-Rayyan
Formed: 1967
Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (40,740)
Chairman: Al Qaqa bin Hamad Al Thani
Manager: Artur Jorge
Competitions: Stars League position 5