Stars League · Matchday 9 
Our pick Home win Correct result
Al Shamal and Al-Sailiya seek points from contrasting positions
Tenth-placed Al Shamal are eight points above bottom-placed Al-Sailiya, with both sides looking to end losing runs. The hosts have the stronger league record, but neither team won its most recent match.
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Match report
Final result: Al Shamal 5-0 Al-Sailiya.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 9–12; Shots on target: 7–7; Corners: 3–6; Expected goals: 3.25–0.92.
Goals
- 20' Wesley Saïd · Riyad Mahrez · Al Shamal
- 40' Riyad Mahrez (pen.) · Al Shamal
- 47' Tiago Silva · Riyad Mahrez · Al Shamal
- 61' Mowafak Awad · Wesley Saïd · Al Shamal
- 65' Baghdad Bounedjah · Riyad Mahrez · Al Shamal
Cards
- 29' Abdulaziz Al-Bakri · Al-Sailiya
- 42' Tiago Silva · Al Shamal
- 45+4' Nassim Benaissa · Al Shamal
- 90' Abdulrahman Mohamed Mohamed · Al-Sailiya
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: R. Mahrez (Al Shamal) 9.3
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Al Shamal · 4-2-3-1
- 95B. SeckG
- 6Musab KhoderD
- 37Ahmed SuhailD
- 4Pablo MaríD
- 2Moufak AwadD
- 28N. BenaïssaM
- 70Tiago SilvaM
- 26R. MahrezM
- 14Omar AliM
- 22W. SaïdM
- 11B. BounedjahF
Coach: David Prats
Al-Sailiya · 4-2-3-1
- 50Youssef SayedG
- 5Abdulrahman MohamedD
- 55K. van der KaapD
- 15M. NaniD
- 14A. MitwaliD
- 20Y. BelhandaM
- 19Abdulaziz Al BakriM
- 9Ali OlwanM
- 22Andri SyahputraM
- 77Mouz Gadelseed AbdallaM
- 13JoseluF
Coach: Mirghany Al-Zein
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Al Shamal | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Al-Sailiya | 1.1 | 3.5 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Al Shamal | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Al-Sailiya | 8 | -19 | 1 |
Last meetings
- 2026 Al Shamal 0-0 Al-Sailiya
- 2025 Al-Sailiya 1-2 Al Shamal
- 2023 Al Shamal 0-5 Al-Sailiya
- 2022 Al-Sailiya 2-1 Al Shamal
- 2022 Al Shamal 2-3 Al-Sailiya
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Medium
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.94 – 1.16
- Double chance
- 1X · 78%12 76% · X2 46%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 60%Over 1.5: 83% · Over 3.5: 38%
- Both teams score
- 60%
- Clean sheet
- 31% – 14%Al Shamal–Al-Sailiya
- Half-time result
- 1 · 41%X 38% · 2 21%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 35%X/1 17% · X/X 14%
- Expected corners
- 11.37.8 – 3.5 · Over 9.5: 68%
- Expected cards
- 5.42.5 – 2.9 · Over 3.5: 77%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Two low-ranked sides, points to chase
Al Shamal sit 10th of 12 in the Stars League on nine points after eight matches, while Al-Sailiya are 12th on one. The eight-point gap gives the sides different immediate targets, but both need points to improve their positions. Al Shamal are two places above their visitors, with a goal difference of -4 compared with Al-Sailiya’s -19.
Losing runs shape the form
Al Shamal have two defeats in a row and are without a win in five. Their last five league matches brought two draws and three defeats, with four goals scored and 12 conceded. Overall, they have two wins, three draws and three defeats in eight matches.
Al-Sailiya have also lost their last two and are without a win in eight. Their last five produced a draw and four defeats, with seven goals scored and 21 conceded. They have taken just one point from eight league matches, recording seven defeats and one draw.
Recent meetings favour Al-Sailiya
Across the last five meetings in all competitions, Al-Sailiya have three wins, Al Shamal one, and there has been one draw. The most recent meeting ended 0-0 in the Stars League in January 2026. Only one of those five encounters had more than two goals.
Home and away concerns
Al Shamal have managed one win, one draw and two defeats in four league matches at home, scoring seven and conceding 10. They have kept no clean sheets there. Al-Sailiya have lost all three of their away league matches, scoring twice and conceding 10, and have yet to keep a clean sheet this season.
Both sides’ most recent league match ended in defeat. That makes a response especially important in a meeting between teams looking to stop their slides and collect points.
Our prediction
Al Shamal’s home record is far from convincing, but Al-Sailiya’s eight-match winless run and three away defeats leave the visitors with more to prove. PreviaXI’s model favours the hosts, whose stronger league position and greater attacking output point towards a narrow win, though Al-Sailiya have scored in their last five league matches.
Al Shamal 2-1 Al-Sailiya
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