Al-Wahda visit Emirates Club Stadium on Friday for the Arabian Gulf League tie with home side Emirates.
Our tips, poll and stats for Emirates v Al-Wahda can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Emirates
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Emirates prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 Arabian Gulf League drawn match against Hatta.
The only name on the scoresheet from Emirates was Dia Sabia (84').
It has been seldom in recent games that Emirates have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Emirates have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals in the process. In any event, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend will be sustained in this next match.
Al-Wahda
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Ajman in Arabian Gulf League action, Al-Wahda and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only scorer from Al-Wahda was Omar Kharbin (6').
The stats tell the story, and Al-Wahda have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals overall. In defence, Al-Wahda have clearly had some problems.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 16/03/2018 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Emirates. They have not managed to get themselves any victories whatsoever while Al-Wahda have been superior, beating them in 100% of those ties.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 overall at an average of 4.17 goals per match.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was Arabian Gulf League match day 8 on 25/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Al-Wahda 4-1 Emirates.
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Team News: Emirates
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Emirates gaffer Walter Zenga to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. 13 (Emirates Club ) will miss out.
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Team News: Al-Wahda
From a largely full-strength group of players, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Al-Wahda manager Arno Buitenweg to be concerned with. 4 (Al-Wahda) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
In this match, Al-Wahda are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
Conversely, Emirates will not find it easy scoring goals of their own but we do fancy them converting at least once here.
We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 1-3 winning score for Al-Wahda when all’s said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
18:05 24/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Emirates
Formed: 1969
Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium (4,830)
Chairman: Yousef Al Batraan
Manager: Walter Zenga
Competitions: Arabian Gulf League position 13