Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aqaba & Al Wihdat face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Shield Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Shield Cup. That game was an away game at Al Jalil, so at least Aqaba are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Aqaba form and stats
Aqaba was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Shield Cup.When playing at home in the Premier League, Aqaba have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
The fans hope that Aqaba will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Shield Cup fixture against Al Jalil.
A 0-0 scoreline against Al Hussein before that, played at their own home stadium in the Shield Cup.
Aqaba have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Aqaba have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Al Wihdat form and stats
They also participated in Shield Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Al Wihdat have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-4-1 from 11 games.
Al Wihdat delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Moghayer Al Sarhan in their previous game; a Shield Cup duel.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Shabab Al Ordon in the Shield Cup (1-0).
Al Wihdat have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Shield Cup match vs Al Salt. A back-breaking itinerary for the guests!
Wihdat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Al Wihdat are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Wihdat have pulled off a sequence of 11 consecutive matches without defeat (9-2-0) when facing Aqaba.Aqaba missing players
Al Wihdat missing players
| Aqaba | Al Wihdat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 18% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Faysali | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Wihdat | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Al Hussein | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 50 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ordon | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Aqaba | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | Al Ramtha | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Ma'an | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 25 |
| 8 | Sahab | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Salt | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Moghayer Al Sarhan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Al Sareeh | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Jazeera | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
