Al Shahaniya vs Al-Arabi SC Prediction & Betting Tips

Form across competitions

Al-Arabi's recent sample covers six wins, seven draws and seven defeats from twenty matches, but that mixes league games with cup ties and a couple of pre-season friendlies. They've scored 29 and conceded 35 across that run, so consistency hasn't been a strong suit.

Al Shahaniya: 20 completed matches; Al-Arabi SC: 20 completed matches.

Al Shahaniya

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

36

Difference

-8

Al-Arabi SC

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

35

Difference

-6

Al Shahaniya's record over a similar stretch reads eight wins, ten losses and two draws, also spread across the league, the QSL Cup and the Emir Cup. They've scored 28 and shipped 36, which suggests they can be got at defensively even in games they end up winning.

Neither side's wider record translates cleanly into current league form, so treat it as a general guide rather than a precise read on where they stand right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Al Shahaniya vs Al-Arabi SC

Al-Arabi have owned this fixture lately

Al-Arabi have won the last four meetings between these two, including both games played last season and both Stars League clashes already completed this year. Al Shahaniya's last win in this fixture goes back to 2018, with just one draw at Al-Arabi's ground sitting in between.

Further back the head-to-head is more mixed, but that stretches all the way to 2014 and doesn't tell us much about how these two current squads match up.

It's a clear recent pattern that will hang over the game, even if old head-to-head results alone shouldn't decide the outcome.

Early season standings

Four games into the campaign, Al-Arabi sit fourth with one win and three draws, so they're still unbeaten. Al Shahaniya are down in seventh, having already lost twice alongside a win and a draw.

It's a tiny sample so far and plenty can shift, but Al-Arabi's start has been the tidier of the two.

Al-Arabi's unbeaten early record lines up with their recent head-to-head edge over this opponent.

Players making the early running

Al Shahaniya's Antonucci has been their standout so far, with three goals and two assists in four appearances, while Traoré has added two goals of his own. That pair look like Al Shahaniya's main route to goals right now.

Al Shahaniya:

Best scorers:

F. Antonucci - 3

A. Traoré - 2

Best assist providers:

F. Antonucci - 2

Penalty cards:

Muniesa x 2

Al-Arabi SC:

Best scorers:

O. Tannane - 1

M. Olunga - 1

Best assist providers:

Rodri - 2

O. Tannane - 1

Penalty cards:

Pablo Sarabia x 2

Ahmed Fathi x 2

Rodri x 2

For Al-Arabi, Tannane and Olunga have got on the scoresheet, with Rodri setting up two of them. A handful of players on both sides already carry two yellow cards apiece, and Al Shahaniya's van Beek has already picked up a red card in three matches, so discipline is worth watching.

This doesn't confirm who actually plays here, but it does show where each side's early scoring threat is coming from.