National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ittihad Kalba or Al Thaid that keep their silverware dream alive.
Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Thaid 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 Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Al Ittihad Kalba was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Presidents Cup.Al Ittihad Kalba have played 5 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Ittihad Kalba regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Arabian Gulf Cup duel also played here at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium: A 1-5 defeat against Al Wahda.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ajman in the Uae League.Ittihad can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Al Ittihad Kalba have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Al Thaid form and stats
Thaid was sent out of Presidents Cup in the group stage last season.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).
Al Thaid are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Urooba. The match against Al Urooba looked like a defeat for Al Thaid, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Bajnoci equalized in the 90th minute. Bajnoci has scored at least one goal for the away side nine matches in a row. The smartness!
Before that, Al Thaid secured a home win against City with the score 3-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Thaid played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Thaid's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Al Ittihad Kalba have won every one of the 5 latest games versus this opponent. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Naqbi 4 goals |  H. Fardan Abdualla 2 goals |  F. Kiss 2 goals |
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
Al Thaid missing players
| Al Ittihad Kalba | Al Thaid | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 28% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 39% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | Al Khaleej | 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 |
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | Hatta | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | Emirates | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 21 |
| 4 | Al Jazira Al Hamra | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Hamriyah | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Thaid | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Masafi | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Al-Taawon | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Masfut | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Gulf Heroes | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Ramms | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Fujairah | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | City | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Baynounah SC | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -20 | 6 |
| 17 | Fursan Hispania | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 24 | -24 | 6 |
