Al Sharjah-Khorfakkan Club: All set for the first of two encounters to decide this Arabian Gulf Cup Quarter-finals game

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf Cup
Competition: Mon 12.December
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sharjah Stadium (18000 seats)

Al Sharjah get ready to welcome Khorfakkan Club for something different than the ordinary league football: The Arabian Gulf Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Presidents Cup. That game, against Al Urooba, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Khorfakkan Club.

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Al Sharjah form and stats

Last season, Al Sharjah's Arabian Gulf Cup journey ended in the lower table round.

The story so far in the Uae League for Al Sharjah at their home stadium (Sharjah Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Sharjah's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 2-3 against Bani Yas (in Arabian Gulf Cup).

Before that, Al Sharjah drew at home versus Al Ain.

Sharjah are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 2 and lost 0.

Al Sharjah are traveling soon after this match as the Arabian Gulf Cup match at Khorfakkan Club awaits in four days.

The Al Sharjah fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Al Sharjah have conceded only 4 goals.

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Khorfakkan Club form and stats

They also participated in Arabian Gulf Cup last season. This ended in the lower table round.

0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Khorfakkan Club playing as the away team in the Uae League this season.

Two away matches in a row for Khorfakkan, whose manager Anberi could celebrate last time after the Presidents Cup win against Al Urooba.

Ahead of that, the Arabian Gulf Cup win away at Al Wasl. We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Khorfakkan Club played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 8 times.

A new game in only four days for Khorfakkan Club, the Arabian Gulf Cup home match versus Al Sharjah. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Khorfakkan's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 4 matches. In the opposite end, Khorfakkan Club have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The 6 most recent meetings featuring these opponents have all ended as Al Sharjah victories. Another one?

Top Goalscorers

Al SharjahF. Alcácer García
F. Alcácer García
6 goals
SharjahL. Martins Pereira
L. Martins Pereira
4 goals
Al SharjahC. Lucas Fernandes
C. Lucas Fernandes
4 goals

Al Sharjah missing players

Khorfakkan Club missing players

Al Sharjah Khorfakkan Club
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
13 5   Won W   3 9
5 2   Drew D   1 3
7 4   Lost L   8 13
46 23   Scored S   16 40
28 13   Conceded C   23 41
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
60% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 68%
36% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
16% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
48% 55%   BTTS BTTS   58% 56%
36% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 24%
16% 18%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 5.8
4.6 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.3
2.7 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.5 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   8 9
4.3 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.8
44% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 42%
 
7.8 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 10.6
3.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.5

  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 Wahda 10 7 1 2 23 9 4 3 0 1 11 3 6 4 1 1 12 6 14 22
2 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 10 7 1 2 20 9 6 4 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 11 4 11 22
3 Al Wasl 10 6 3 1 19 11 5 2 3 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 8 5 8 21
4 Al Sharjah 10 6 2 2 18 9 5 2 1 2 8 4 5 4 1 0 10 5 9 20
5 Al Ain 10 5 2 3 24 12 4 3 0 1 14 4 6 2 2 2 10 8 12 17
6 Al Jazira 10 5 2 3 17 11 6 3 1 2 9 6 4 2 1 1 8 5 6 17
7 Ajman 10 5 2 3 13 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 17
8 Al Ittihad Kalba 10 5 2 3 14 12 5 4 0 1 11 6 5 1 2 2 3 6 2 17
9 Al Bataeh 10 4 0 6 8 19 4 0 0 4 1 13 6 4 0 2 7 6 -11 12
10 Bani Yas 10 3 2 5 14 14 6 2 2 2 9 6 4 1 0 3 5 8 0 11
11 Khorfakkan Club 10 3 2 5 11 14 6 3 1 2 10 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 -3 11
12 Al Nasr 10 1 3 6 9 21 4 1 0 3 4 7 6 0 3 3 5 14 -12 6
13 Al Dhafra 10 1 1 8 10 32 4 1 1 2 5 6 6 0 0 6 5 26 -22 4
14 Dibba Al Fujairah 10 0 1 9 4 21 5 0 0 5 3 12 5 0 1 4 1 9 -17 1