A total of 25 rounds of games have gone by and both Al Ain and Al Sharjah are flying high in the table. Get ready!
- Al Ain have the most scored goals (56) in Uae League
- Al Sharjah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Uae League
Al Ain are already the Uae League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Al Sharjah are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Uae League fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ajman.
Al Ain form and stats
Al Ain have been very solid at home in the Uae League so far, with 32 points collected from 12 matches (10-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Ain haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Sharjah, 138 days ago.
Al Ain are confident in defense, having played 458 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Al Ain, who won 4-0 against Ajman (placed 8th). As mentioned above, Ain "killed" Ajman in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Al Nasr.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Ain have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 2.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 12 games), Ain's attacking play is working. Al Ain are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Al Sharjah form and stats
The visitors are W6-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Uae League. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Al Ain.
Al Sharjah had fun at their own home (Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium) last time out, beating Emirates 2-1. Lucas and Shukurov scored.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Bani Yas.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Sharjah playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Al Sharjah win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Sharjah are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Al Sharjah - Al Ain 2-0 was the output when this pair of contenders previously did battle, some time ago this season. Al Ain-Al Sharjah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ain four wins, Al Sharjah four wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 27 goals |  C. Lucas Fernandes 13 goals | B. Malango Ngita 9 goals |
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| Al Ain | Al Sharjah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 56 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 45 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 76% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | 68% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 36% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 24% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 44% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 40% |
| 52% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.3 | 13.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 38% | 41% |
| 7.8 | 7.1 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
- Al Ain have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ain have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Ain have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Uae League
- Al Ain have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most clean sheets (13) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most scored goals (29) at home in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most scored goals (56) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Uae League
- Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+40) in Uae League
- Al Ain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Ain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sharjah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Uae League
| 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 Ain | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 54 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 26 | 52 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Al Wasl | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Ajman | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Khorfakkan Club | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 32 | -32 | 18 |
| 14 | Emirates | 25 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -38 | 10 |
