Al-Jazira vs Arkadag Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Arkadag's numbers over their last 20 matches are eye-catching: 19 wins, one draw, no defeats, and 73 goals scored against just 11 conceded. That run spans their domestic league and a couple of AFC Champions League Two ties, and it's about as dominant a stretch as you'll see.

Al-Jazira: 20 completed matches; Arkadag: 20 completed matches.

Al-Jazira

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

24

Difference

+8

Arkadag

20 matches

Win

95% 19 / 20

Draw

5% 1 / 20

Loss

0% 0 / 20

Scored

73

Conceded

11

Difference

+62

Al-Jazira's picture is far less one-sided. Ten wins, five draws and five losses from their last 20 across the UAE Pro League, cups and continental football, with 32 goals for and 24 against. There's been a recent home defeat to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai and a couple of low-scoring draws mixed in there too.

Arkadag's goal difference is startling, but most of it has come against domestic opposition rather than continental rivals.

Comparative Team Statistics: Al-Jazira vs Arkadag

Early days in this section

This section of the competition is right at the start. Arkadag have played once and won 1-0, while Al-Jazira have also played once and drawn 0-0. That puts Arkadag top with three points and Al-Jazira second with one.

A discipline note to watch

Arkadag's G. Annagulyýew has picked up one yellow and one red card across his last seven appearances for the club. It's not confirmation he'll be missing here, but it's worth keeping an eye on the disciplinary side of things given how often he's been involved.

Arkadag:

Penalty cards:

G. Annagulyýew x 1 x 1

Home comfort against continental unknowns

Al-Jazira have home advantage and a squad that's shown it can grind out results even when not fully firing. Arkadag bring outrageous domestic scoring form into this, but their continental sample is still small.

Whether that goal-scoring habit holds up away from their usual league opposition is the open part of this one. Al-Jazira's inconsistency at home this season means they can't be relied on to simply see this off either.