📊 Form Guide

Al-Shamal

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Al-Shamal will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-2 Stars League loss in their previous game against Qatar SC.

In that game, Al-Shamal managed 65% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Qatar SC got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Bruno Tabata (23') was the scorer for Qatar SC.

Over their preceding six games, Poya Asbaghi's Al-Shamal have hit the back of the net a combined total of 10 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.67.

Al-Wakrah

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Since a loss in their previous game against Al-Arabi in Stars League action, Al-Wakrah will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Al-Wakrah had 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for Al-Wakrah was Mohamed Benyettou (4', 92'). Al-Arabi got 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Youssef Msakni (100') was the scorer for Al-Arabi.

Showing their fondness for productive matches, goals have been seen as many as 23 times in the last six matches in which Al-Wakrah have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.83 goals each meeting. Their opponents have managed 11 of those goals.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 20/12/2014, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Al-Shamal winning 1 of those games, Al-Wakrah 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Al-Shamal and 9 created by The Blue Wave. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league game between these sides was Stars League match day 2 on 27/08/2023 when it finished Al-Wakrah 2-2 Al-Shamal.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Shamal

The Al-Shamal boss Poya Asbaghi will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Wakrah

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Al-Wakrah boss Pepe Murcia has zero fitness worries to speak of before this clash. Omar Ali cannot play in this game through suspension.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that this Al-Wakrah will, in all probability, dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

However, Al-Shamal will not find it easy to find the back of the net but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 1-3 victory for Al-Wakrah come full-time.

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

Peter Guest, 15:08 16/04/2024