Al Hilal vs Al Sadd Prediction: The home side will be too strong for their opponent

On Sunday, Al Hilal of Saudi will square off against Al Sadd of Qatar at the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium. Al Hilal must secure all the points here to make it out of the group.

The two-time Arab Club Championship Cup winners began their campaign with a toothless draw against Al Ahli Tripoli. The Libyan side were strong defensively and also great with counterattacks. Al Hilal were the better side and hit the post once against Al Ahli Tripoli.

Al Hilal failed to retain the Saudi Arabia Professional League title when they finished in third spot last season. Al Hilal have since then made some significant changes to their squad, adding Ruben Neves, Milankovic Savic and Koulibaly, to mention a few to their team. It will be interesting to see how their new stars fit into the system, as we expect them to win the trophy this time.

The Qatar Professional League defending champions failed to retain the Qatar League after finishing third on the log. The Qatar giant have won the Star League sixteen times (a record) and have also won the Arab Club Championship Cup once. After parting ways with Santi Cazorla, Andrew Ayew and Algerian Baghdad, the Wolf have struggled to win games. Al Sadd have failed to win any of their last six games in all competitions as they began this tournament with a share of the spoils against Wydad Casablanca. The Moroccan-based side were reduced to ten men in the 36th minute, and Al Sadd failed to take advantage. Instead, it was the ten men Wydad Casablanca who were closer to securing all the points.

Al Sadd have made some notable signings but will need time to settle down, and we can’t see them pulling a surprise stunt here.

Over their previous ten meetings, Al Hilal have won five while Al Sadd have recorded two wins and three games ending in a tie. Al Hilal's opening game wasn’t bad, just that they lacked a finishing touch up front. However, with Malcom coming into this squad for them, we expect Al Hilal to be potent in front of the goal. On the other hand, Al Sadd failed to capitalise on their opponent's red card as they secured a point. This game could go both ways, but we expect Al Hilal to be stronger here; bet on a home win and over 1.5 goals for 1.81.

We also expect fewer goals here, considering their opening game performance; bet on BTTS No for 1.66.

We expect more than two goals here for 1.90.

Good luck!