Al-Ain will be hosting visiting opponents Sharjah at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in this Arabian Gulf League tie on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Al-Ain v Sharjah can all be found here (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Al-Ain
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Al-Ain will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-4 Arabian Gulf League triumph versus Ajman.
The only name on the scoresheet from Al-Ain was Soufiane Rahimi (19', 74', 88').
Fixtures featuring Al-Ain have proved to be engaging affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six clashes, the sum of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 16 of them coming from Al-Ain.
Sharjah
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Last time out, Sharjah drew 2-2 in the Arabian Gulf League tie with Al-Nasr.
Adel Taarabt (64') was the scorer for Al-Nasr.
The numbers tell their own story, and Sharjah have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. At the back, Sharjah certainly have room for improvement. We will see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
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Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 13/02/2021 shows us that Al-Ain have won 3 of these and Sharjah 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.
A combined sum of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for Al Zaeem and 8 being from Al Malek. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league game between these sides was Arabian Gulf League match day 4 on 28/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Sharjah 2-3 Al-Ain.
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Team News: Al-Ain
There is just a single fitness concern for the Al-Ain manager Hernan Crespo to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. 2 ย (Al-Ain FC) wonโt play.
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Team News: Sharjah
Out of a mainly full-strength group, thereโs only the sole fitness worry for the Sharjah manager Cosmin Olฤroiu to be concerned with. 5 ย (Sharjah FC) wonโt be playing here.
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Prediction
We envisage that Al-Ain have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
However, Sharjah will not find it easy to find the back of the net although we do think itโs probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.
Therefore, we are anticipating a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Al-Ain at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
15:08 28/03/2024
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Al-Ain
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25,053)
Captain: Bandar Al Ahbabi
Chairman: Hazza bin Zayed
Manager: Hernan Crespo
Competitions: Arabian Gulf League position 2