National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ain or Dibba Al Fujairah that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Ain and Dibba Al Fujairah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Ain form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Al Ain have collected 9 points from their Uae League home games so far after 3-0-1.
The Al Ain manager Rebrov and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Al Sharjah. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Al Sharjah as Rahimi's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
Previous to that game, a Uae League home match hosting Khorfakkan Club in a game that was won 2-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Arabian Gulf Cup game versus Al Wahda in only four days. This game is also played here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
Ain always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium with 14 goals in 4 league games.
Dibba Al Fujairah form and stats
Dibba Al Fujairah's mission in Presidents Cup last season failed in the qualifying round.As the visiting team in Uae League matches, Dibba Al Fujairah have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far.
de Oliveira was the last player to score for the away team. Dibba Al Fujairah haven't scored a league goal in the last 331 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Fujairah, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Al Jazira in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
The game before that, in the Uae League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Al Bataeh.Goals are few and far between in Dibba Al Fujairah's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 5 travels. In the opposite end, Dibba Al Fujairah have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Ain have been victorious in all of the 5 latest matches against this side. Can they do it again?The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 10 goals | S. Rahimi 6 goals |  A. Yarmolenko 3 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Dibba Al Fujairah missing players
| Al Ain | Dibba Al Fujairah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 11.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 |
