📏 Form Guide

Umm Salal

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Umm Salal prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 Stars League drawn game versus Al-Gharafa.

In that game, Umm Salal had 33% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Umm Salal was Kenji Gorré (93'). Al-Gharafa had 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ferjani Sassi (65') was the scorer for Al-Gharafa.

Umm Salal have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Umm Salal have been punished defensively in 6 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Al-Arabi

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Al-Arabi will go into this match following a 2-4 Stars League win to defeat Al-Wakrah in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Al-Arabi had 47% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Al-Arabi was Youssef Msakni (100'). Al-Wakrah had 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Mohamed Benyettou (4', 92') scored for Al-Wakrah.

The numbers tell their own story, and Al-Arabi have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in all. In defence, Al-Arabi certainly have room for improvement. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 19/01/2021 shows us that Umm Salal have won 1 of them & Al-Arabi 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 4 of them from Barzan Falcons and 6 belonging to Fareeg Al-Ahlam. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Stars League match day 2 on 27/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Al-Arabi 1-1 Umm Salal.

🗞️ Team News: Umm Salal

The Umm Salal manager Patrice Carteron will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all before this match thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from. Omar Yahya is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Al-Arabi

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Al-Arabi manager Younes Ali Rahmati doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Umm Salal have enough to find the net against this Al-Arabi outfit, however a single goal is unlikely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 win for Al-Arabi after the 90. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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

Peter Guest, 15:04 17/04/2024