Quote from: BlackBaron on March 29, 2024, 03:55:21 PM

Quote from: rendravolt on March 29, 2024, 02:54:55 PM

Al-Ettifaq will meet Al-Ahli today and to be honest this is a match that is quite difficult to predict. We know that Al-Ahli is in a better position but it cannot be ruled out that Al-Ettifaq will prevent them from winning. As the host, of course Al-Ettifaq doesn't want to lose and Steven Gerrard has to set a good strategy to embarrass Al-Ahli.

But it won't be easy either because Al-Ahli's attack will be led by the dangerous trio of Saint Maximin, Firmino, and Mahrez who will always threaten Al-Ettifaq's defense during the match. Al-Ahli really needs an additional 3 points to widen the gap from Al-Ittihad, while Al-Ettifaq also has to win in order to return to the top 4 of the standings in the remaining matches.

What are your predictions for this match? is it possible that the two teams only share one point?

Even though Al Ettifaq acts as host, it looks like victory will be on Al Ahli side. Because on paper Al Ahli are slightly better and more consistent than Al Ettifaq, they have better squad depth. But there is a possibility that both of them will play a draw, head to head meetings between the two teams in the last 5 meetings show that they both recorded 2 wins and two losses and one draw.

I just checked the match results and a 2-2 draw really does happen in matches like this. But Al-Ettifaq would have almost won if Al Ammar had not scored a goal in the final minute after taking advantage of an assist from Riyadh Mahrez. Al-Ahli was very lucky not to lose and at least they still pocketed 1 point from this match.

I didn't expect Al-Ettifaq to be able to make things difficult for Al-Ahi, who has a more mature squad depth and also Al-Ettifaq didn't feel weak even though they were only supported by a handful of European players. Quite good results from both teams where each team was able to maintain its current position in the standings and next week they will have to try even harder to secure victory.