Football background guide: Al Ain favourites when Al Wasl arrive

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Uae League
Competition: Sat 24.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25000 seats)

This could be an intriguing match as Al Ain have their supposed home advantage, while Al Wasl are in front by 3 points in the Uae League table.

Insights:
  • Al Ain have the most scored goals (26) in Uae League
  • Al Wasl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The hosts Al Ain saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Uae League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bani Yas, was also a home game here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Al Ain form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Uae League numbers at home for Al Ain so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Ain's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bani Yas (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Al Wahda (Arabian Gulf Cup).

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 latest league games with this club has seen three or more goals.

Al Ain always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium with 16 goals in 5 league games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Al Wasl form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Uae League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Home advantage was not enough for Al Wasl in their previous game as they lost hosting Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, 1-2.

A home victory as predicted against Masafi preceding that, in the Presidents Cup.

Wasl has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Al Ain wins - draws - Al Wasl wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. Laba loves to play against Al Wasl and have scored 14 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AinF. Laba
F. Laba
11 goals
Al WaslF. Virginio de Lima
F. Virginio de Lima
9 goals
Al AinS. Rahimi
S. Rahimi
6 goals

Al Ain missing players

Al Wasl missing players

Al Ain Al Wasl
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 0 Won W 1 4 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
26 16 2 Scored S 3 8 20
14 6 3 Conceded C 3 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 73%
45% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 36%
18% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 73%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 9%
 
6.8 7.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 4.6
3.8 3.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.6 5.3
1.4 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.6 16.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 12.4
5.5 6.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.8 5.3
43% 48% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 34%
 
9.2 9.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.4 9.9
3.5 3.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Uae League this season:
  • 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 at home.
  • Al Ain have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Ain have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Uae League
  • Al Ain have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Uae League
  • Al Ain have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Uae League
  • Al Ain have the most scored goals (16) at home in Uae League
  • Al Ain have the most scored goals (26) in Uae League
  • Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+10) at home 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 Wasl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Ain's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.

  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 11 8 1 2 22 10 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 4 0 1 13 5 12 25
2 Al Wahda 11 7 2 2 25 11 5 3 1 1 13 5 6 4 1 1 12 6 14 23
3 Al Sharjah 11 7 2 2 22 9 5 2 1 2 8 4 6 5 1 0 14 5 13 23
4 Al Wasl 11 6 3 2 20 13 6 2 3 1 12 8 5 4 0 1 8 5 7 21
5 Al Jazira 11 6 2 3 21 13 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 3 1 1 12 7 8 20
6 Ajman 11 6 2 3 14 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 3 0 2 6 5 4 20
7 Al Ain 11 5 3 3 26 14 5 3 1 1 16 6 6 2 2 2 10 8 12 18
8 Al Ittihad Kalba 11 5 2 4 14 16 6 4 0 2 11 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 -2 17
9 Bani Yas 11 3 3 5 16 16 6 2 2 2 9 6 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 12
10 Al Khaleej 11 3 3 5 13 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 0 2 3 3 8 -3 12
11 Al Bataeh 11 4 0 7 10 23 5 0 0 5 3 17 6 4 0 2 7 6 -13 12
12 Al Nasr 11 1 3 7 9 22 5 1 0 4 4 8 6 0 3 3 5 14 -13 6
13 Dibba Al Fujairah 11 1 1 9 5 21 5 0 0 5 3 12 6 1 1 4 2 9 -16 4
14 Al Dhafra 11 1 1 9 10 33 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 0 0 6 5 26 -23 4