Al DhafraAttacking momentumShabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Preview
- On 2026-02-20 at 17:30 GMT, Al Dhafra take on Shabab Al Ahli in week 17 of Arabian Gulf League (2025-2026).
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Zeljko Petrovic and Paulo Sousa.
- After 16 matchdays, Al Dhafra sit 10th with 17 points and Shabab Al Ahli are 2nd having collected 38 points.
- Neither Al Dhafra nor Shabab Al Ahli are missing any players.
- Our forecast has Al Dhafra in a 4-man backline (4-1-4-1), with Shabab Al Ahli set to counter in 4-1-4-1.
- The previous match saw Yousef Ayman lead Al Dhafra with a 6.7 TheyScored rating, and Sultan Adil top-rating for Shabab Al Ahli at 6.6.
- Different fortunes: Al Dhafra drew 1-1 with Al Bataeh, while Shabab Al Ahli fell 3-4 against Al Ahli.
- Al Dhafra's form is 0-2-3 recently, but Shabab Al Ahli are on a roll with 3-1-1 in their last 5 matches.
- Shabab Al Ahli lead this rivalry - 19 wins from 38 matches versus Al Dhafra (who've won just 8 games), alongside 11 draws.
- Expect Shabab Al Ahli to edge a 1-2 win: their 6-2-0 record on the road and 2.25 goals per away match tip the balance.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Al Dhafra
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Events
| 9' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 15' | M. Rabja | ||
| 26' | |||
| 33' | Kauan Santos | ||
| 45+1' | R. Djooh | ||
| 45+5' | 0 - 2 | ||
HT 0 - 2 | |||
| 61' | |||
| 61' | |||
| 67' | 0 - 3 | ||
| 71' | Jobson | ||
| 74' | 0 - 4 | ||
| 75' | |||
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| 77' | 0 - 5 | ||
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| 79' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 85' | |||
Standings
Al Dhafra is going head to head with Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai on 20/2/2026 17:30 GMT for the United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Al Dhafra v Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai H2H statistics!