National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Khorfakkan Club or Al Ain that keep their silverware dream alive.
Khorfakkan Club and Al Ain 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.
Khorfakkan Club form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.All-inclusive Uae League stats playing at home this season for Khorfakkan Club are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Khorfakkan Club crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Bani Yas here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium.
Heartbreak before that as Khorfakkan Club lost 0-3 at Al Wasl's place.Khorfakkan are traveling soon after this match as the Uae League match at Al Jazira awaits in four days.
Khorfakkan Club have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Khorfakkan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ain form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ain in their Uae League matches away.
The followers enjoyed Al Ain's previous match versus Ajman, a 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Ain was the only team on the pitch versus Ajman in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Laba and that is solid stuff!
Preceding that game was the away Uae League victory against Al Bataeh with the score of 3-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Uae League trip to Al Dhafra.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Ain's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Al Ain in these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Ain have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Khorfakkan.One of the players to grab the headlines has been Laba with 9 goals scored against Khorfakkan Club in these 9 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 16 goals |  A. Yarmolenko 7 goals |   A. Boa Morte 6 goals |
Khorfakkan Club missing players
Al Ain missing players
| Khorfakkan Club | Al Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 55 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 47% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Wasl | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Ain | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 25 |
| 7 | Ajman | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Khorfakkan Club | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Bataeh | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -14 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Nasr | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Dhafra | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 7 |
| 14 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -20 | 4 |
