STARS LEAGUE | Al rayyan Vs al salal | Today

👽 Al-Rayyan WLWWWW 📈

Al-Rayyan will be looking for another win after a 3-0 Stars League triumph against Al-Wakrah.

In that game, Al-Rayyan managed 32% possession and 9 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Al-Rayyan, the goalscorers were Róger Guedes (41', 61') and Achraf Bencharki (45'). For their opponents, Al-Wakrah had 25 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Al-Rayyan have participated. Their opponents scored 7 of them in these games while Al-Rayyan bagged a total of 18.

👽Umm Salal

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Al-Shamal in Stars League competition, Umm Salal will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Umm Salal had 64% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Umm Salal was Kenji Gorré (68'). On the other side, Al-Shamal had 11 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Ricardo Gomes (12', 53', 79') was the scorer for Al-Shamal.

Looking at their form, and Umm Salal have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals in all. Defensively, Umm Salal have not been doing too well. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 03/04/2021 shows us that Al-Rayyan have won 1 of these games & Umm Salal 2, with the number of drawn results being 3.

18 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 for The Lions and 9 coming from Barzan Falcons. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league match featuring the two was Stars League match day 6 on 21/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Umm Salal 0-2 Al-Rayyan.

That day, Umm Salal had 32% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Al-Rayyan got 30 shots at goal with 10 on target. Thiago Mendes (52') and Achraf Bencharki (74') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Rayyan

Sofiane Boufal (unknown injury) and Osama Al-Tairi (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Al-Rayyan manager Leonardo Jardim. André Amaro will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Umm Salal

With a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Umm Salal boss Patrice Carteron has no fitness concerns at all before this game.

🧠 Prediction over 2.5 goal

Our assessment is that Al-Rayyan can and should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

Conversely, Umm Salal might well find it a difficult task to score themselves although we do think it’s probable that they will be scoring.

We can therefore see a decent 3-1 victory for Al-Rayyan at the conclusion of the game.