Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shabab Al Ahli Dubai & Al Wahda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Presidents Cup.13 points is a decent return from 6 Uae League games here at Al-Rashid Stadium for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 260 minutes.
The Shabab Al Ahli Dubai supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Al Nasr and win 3-0.
Before that match, a Uae League win away at Al Bataeh.This is expected to be a close game, with Shabab Al Ahli Dubai perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shabab as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Arabian Gulf Cup game versus Al Jazira in only four days. This game is also played here at Al-Rashid Stadium.
The Shabab Al Ahli Dubai fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Wahda form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Al Wahda's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Wahda collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Uae League. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The Wahda goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 281 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two trips in a row for Al Wahda, whose manager Jiménez could celebrate last time after the Arabian Gulf Cup win against Al Ittihad Kalba.
Prior to that result Al Wahda won their away game at Al Jazira in the Uae League. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Wahda in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Al Wahda, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
{12 goals} so far away for Al Wahda, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Al Wahda managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Pereira dos Santos 8 goals |   I. da Cruz 3 goals |  O. Khribin 3 goals |
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players
Al Wahda missing players
| Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | Al Wahda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 28 | 50 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
