📊 Form Guide

Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai

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Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai will be hoping for a better result following the 3-2 Arabian Gulf League defeat in their last game at the hands of Al-Nasr.

For Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, goals were scored by Saeid Ezatolahi (12') and Mu'nas Dabbur (85'). Samir Memišević (9') and Manolo Gabbiadini (31') scored for Al-Nasr.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 6 of the past 6 meetings where Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai have taken part. Opposing sides scored 9 of them in this period while Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai amassed a tally of 16.

Ittihad Kalba

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Ittihad Kalba go into this match after a 1-0 Arabian Gulf League win with the defeat of Al-Wahda in their last match.

The only scorer from Ittihad Kalba was Andrés Vombergar (44').

The stats tell the story, and Ittihad Kalba have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Ittihad Kalba have clearly had some problems. We will find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 30/01/2021 shows that these encounters have been pretty painful for Ittihad Kalba. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever while Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai have been superior, beating them in 67% of those matches.

An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 of them from Al Fursan Al Humur and 3 coming from The Tigers. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Arabian Gulf League match day 7 on 03/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Ittihad Kalba 1-3 Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai.

📰 Team News: Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai

The Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai manager Marko Nikolić has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📋 Team News: Ittihad Kalba

From a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Ittihad Kalba manager Farhad Majidi to be concerned with. 9   (Ittihad Kalba) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Ittihad Kalba are dangerous enough to get a goal against this Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai team, although that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It should be a decent one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 16:04 21/04/2024