International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Ain and Al Sadd are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Al Sadd might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Al Ain, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.
Al Ain form and stats
Al Ain participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Ain have to build on here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the Uae League. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
A good away victory last time out for Al Ain, who won 3-0 against Hatta. Before that, Al Ain had a Presidents Cup home game versus Al Wasl which ended with a victory 6-5.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Ain, as the Uae League home game vs Al Fujairah is only four days away.
Al Ain have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Al Ain's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Sadd form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Al Hilal.Al Sadd have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
Al Sadd's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Arabi that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Umm Salal.
Al Sadd has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Al Rayyan in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Al Sadd alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (27 from 8 played). Al Sadd have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 F. Laba 16 goals |   A. Afif 12 goals | B. Bounedjah 12 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Ain | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 27 | Scored | S | 35 | 62 | ||
| 30 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 329 | 192 | Total Shots | T S | 110 | 260 | ||
| 136 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 127 | ||
| 41% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 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 Sadd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Ain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 34 |
| 3 | Al Sharjah | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Al Dhafra | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Ajman | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 13 | Hatta | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 9 |
| 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 Duhail | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 9 |