Football match preview: Emirates vs Al Thaid

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Division 1
Competition: Sun 25.December
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Club Stadium (12250 seats)

A peek at the Division 1 table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Check out our Emirates - Al Thaid match preview!

Insights:
  • Emirates have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Division 1
  • Al Thaid have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Division 1

Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an active match!

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Emirates form and stats

When playing at home in the Division 1, Emirates have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Emirates are confident in defense, having played 294 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Emirates, facing Masfut in a game that ended 0-0.

A home victory before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Al Ramms and won 5-0.

Goals decide football matches and Emirates are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Emirates have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Thaid form and stats

Al Thaid's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Thaid collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Division 1. 3 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Hatta with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Until that defeat this side had taken at least one point from nine league fixtures in a row.

A defeat, in the Presidents Cup away at Al Ittihad Kalba, earlier.

Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Thaid's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Al Thaid are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches involving these teams have all finished as Emirates wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Emirates missing players

Al Thaid missing players

Emirates Al Thaid
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
28 14 4 Scored S 1 9 15
10 4 2 Conceded C 0 5 12
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
25% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 58%
58% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 25%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
7.9 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5.7
3.4 2.5 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 7 5.3
1.6 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 12 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 4.8 8.5
4 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 2.9
48% 52% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 69% 43%
 
5.9 7.8 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 4.5 6.7
2 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 1.5 2.3
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Al Thaid have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Thaid have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Al Thaid have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Division 1
  • Al Thaid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Al Thaid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Emirates's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Emirates have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Emirates have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Emirates have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Emirates have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Division 1
  • Emirates have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Division 1
  • Emirates have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Division 1
  • Emirates have the most clean sheets (7) in Division 1
  • Emirates have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Emirates haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dibba Al Hisn 12 8 3 1 30 11 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 5 1 0 19 4 19 27
2 Hatta 12 8 2 2 30 16 6 4 2 0 17 7 6 4 0 2 13 9 14 26
3 Al Jazira Al Hamra 13 7 3 3 31 18 7 6 1 0 21 5 6 1 2 3 10 13 13 24
4 Emirates 12 6 4 2 28 10 6 3 2 1 14 4 6 3 2 1 14 6 18 22
5 Al Arabi 12 6 2 4 24 17 6 3 0 3 17 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 7 20
6 Al Hamriyah 12 5 4 3 18 13 6 4 1 1 12 6 6 1 3 2 6 7 5 19
7 Masafi 12 5 4 3 14 14 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 2 1 3 5 9 0 19
8 Al Thaid 12 4 6 2 15 12 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 3 3 0 9 5 3 18
9 Masfut 12 5 3 4 17 19 5 2 2 1 5 4 7 3 1 3 12 15 -2 18
10 Al-Taawon 13 5 2 6 21 20 8 2 2 4 11 13 5 3 0 2 10 7 1 17
11 Gulf Heroes 12 5 2 5 19 28 6 2 1 3 6 17 6 3 1 2 13 11 -9 17
12 Al Urooba 13 4 3 6 22 24 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 2 1 4 14 16 -2 15
13 Al Ramms 12 3 4 5 16 19 6 1 1 4 6 10 6 2 3 1 10 9 -3 13
14 Al Fujairah 12 2 4 6 11 15 6 1 2 3 7 9 6 1 2 3 4 6 -4 10
15 City 13 1 6 6 10 22 6 1 2 3 7 13 7 0 4 3 3 9 -12 9
16 Baynounah SC 12 2 0 10 13 37 6 1 0 5 9 21 6 1 0 5 4 16 -24 6
17 Fursan Hispania 12 2 0 10 10 34 6 1 0 5 4 10 6 1 0 5 6 24 -24 6