Al-Sadd vs Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC prediction 23.12.2025 | AFC Champions League
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- Competition: AFC Champions League
- Date: 23rd December 2025
- Kick-off: 16:00 UK / 17:00 CET
- Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Al-Sadd hope their wait for the first win in the AFC Champions League this season doesn't go beyond Tuesday when they host Al-Ahli Dubai. The hosts have played 10 games and they have garnered a total of 17 points, putting them forth on the Qatar Stars League. Their guests are a bit sharper, having placed third on the UAE Pro League, but they have equal points and have played only 8 matches. In the continental leagues on the other hand, the gap is clearer. The Red Knights are placed 5th while Al-Sadd is currently in the basement of the league, ranked in the bottom 3.
H2H stats
This will be the fifth time the two teams have met in this competition. Al Sadd won the most recent of these match-ups in 2014 and overall Al Sadd has 2 wins, while there has been 2 draws as well. There were plenty of goals in these fixtures with an average of 3 goals each.
Al-Sadd team overview
Tuesday marks the Wolves’ first outing since that painful Stars Cup exit against Al Rayyan. Conceding five goals in a 5-3 defeat still stings, especially as defensive problems have become a pattern.
Roberto Mancini’s side has managed just one clean sheet in the last 15 matches, which explains why five Champions League games have passed without a win.
Home form is shaky too, with only one victory in the last four. Akram Afif and Roberto Firmino remain the main attacking hope, both on six goals, and Mancini has no injury worries to distract him.
Last matches of
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Al Rayyan
5 : 3
Al Sadd
QSL Cup
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Al Kharitiyath
0 : 5
Al Sadd
QSL Cup
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Al Sadd
1 : 3
Al Mesaimeer
QSL Cup
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Al Wahda
3 : 1
Al Sadd
AFC Champions League Elite
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Al Sadd
3 : 1
Al Sailiya
Stars League
lineup
Goalkeeper
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22
Meshaal Barsham
Defenders
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37
Ahmed Suhail
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5
Tarek Salman
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29
Romain Saïss
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6
Paulo Otávio Rosa Silva
Midfielders
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21
Giovani
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9
Roberto Firmino
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4
Mohamed Camara
Forwards
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33
Claudinho
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19
Rafa Mújica
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7
Akram Afif
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC team overview
The Red Knights arrive after their own disappointment, losing to Al Nasr on penalties despite holding a first-leg advantage.
That result snapped a three-match winning run, so Paulo Sousa will be keen to reset quickly. Away form, however, raises some doubts. Just one win from the last five trips tells part of the story, and two of those matches ended without a goal.
Guilherme Bala, with five goals this season, should feature prominently, likely supporting the front two of Yuri César and Sultan Adill Alamiri.
Last matches of
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Al Nasr
3 : 2
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
League Cup
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Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
2 : 0
Al Gharafa
AFC Champions League Elite
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Khorfakkan Club
0 : 1
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
UAE Pro League
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Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
2 : 1
Al Nasr
League Cup
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Al Duhail
4 : 1
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
AFC Champions League Elite
lineup
Goalkeeper
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22
Hamad Abdullah Almeqbaali
Defenders
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75
Mateus Henrique
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4
Bogdan Planić
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13
Renan
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31
Kauan Santos
Midfielders
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10
Federico Cartabia
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26
Eid Khamis Eid
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14
Damián García
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77
Guilherme Bala
Forwards
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57
Yuri César
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21
Sultan Adill Alamiri
Prediction
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai look well placed to edge this contest 2-1. Al-Sadd are still winless in the Champions League and have kept just one clean sheet in 15 matches, conceding heavily again last time out. The Red Knights sit higher in the group, score regularly, and face a defence that keeps giving chances away.
Three reasons we expect over 2.5 goals in this game
- Three of the last five games of Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai ended with over2.5 goals.
- Each of the last seven games of Al Sadd produced at least four goals.
- Three of the last four meetings between Al Sadd and Shabab Al Ahli produced over 2.5 goals.
Main prediction -
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
Megapari
1.53
vs standings in AFC Champions League Elite
| West | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Hilal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 - 5 | +10 | 18 |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 - 2 | +8 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 - 6 | +11 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 - 5 | +5 | 13 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 - 6 | +3 | 10 |
| 6 | Al Duhail | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 - 12 | +1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Sharjah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 - 13 | -7 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 - 8 | +2 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 - 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Sadd | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 - 10 | -5 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 - 17 | -15 | 1 |
| 12 | Nasaf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 - 14 | -8 | 0 |