Al Ain-Al Khaleej: All set for the first of two encounters to decide this Arabian Gulf Cup 1st Round game

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Al Ain form and stats

Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.

When playing at home in the Uae League, Al Ain have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

It's back home for Ain, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Nassr away with the result 1-0. K. Laba found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Sepahan that finished 0-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ain home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

Ain have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ain have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Al Khaleej form and stats

Al Khaleej's mission in Arabian Gulf Cup last season failed in the group stage.

There's been little loot from Al Khaleej's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Uae League. Al Khaleej only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Khaleej are travelling again after losing away to Al Nasr in their previous match (0-1). Before that, Khaleej secured a home win against Bani Yas with the score 2-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Khaleej played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.

Al Khaleej find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures 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. As opposed to that, Khaleej have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Ain one win, zero draws and Al Khaleej one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Al Ain missing players

Al Khaleej missing players