Al Wahda welcomes Al Ain to this second leg of the Arabian Gulf Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Wahda form and stats
Last season, Al Wahda's Arabian Gulf Cup journey ended in the 3rd place final.The total Uae League stats at home this season for Al Wahda are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rashed Ali not having conceded a league goal in 281 minutes.
The Al Wahda coach Jiménez and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Al Ain in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the Presidents Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wahda, as the Uae League home game vs Khorfakkan Club is only four days away.
Goals are plentiful at Al-Nahyan Stadium in the league this season as Al Wahda has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Wahda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Nahyan Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Al Ain form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Al Ain, as they won the Arabian Gulf Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Uae League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Al Ain delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Al Wahda in their previous game; a Arabian Gulf Cup fixture.
A home win as expected against Dibba Al Fujairah before that, in the Presidents Cup.
A quick return to home after this game, as Al Ain are hosting Bani Yas in the Uae League only four days away.
Ain are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. 8 goals have been conceded by Al Ain in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Al Ain - Wahda 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Al Wahda won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Al Ain managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 10 goals |  J. Pereira dos Santos 8 goals | S. Rahimi 6 goals |
Al Wahda missing players
Al Ain missing players
| Al Wahda | Al Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 |
