This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Ain when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Bunyodkor with it. Read all about the Play-offs match 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!
Bunyodkor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Ain form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Uae League for Al Ain at their home stadium is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The Al Ain manager P. dos Santos Martins Silva might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Al Ain in their previous game, a Uae League match away at Al Khaleej that ended with a 3-0 victory. In the match before that, Al Ain hosted Al Nasr and drew the Arabian Gulf Cup game 1-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Uae League game versus Al Wasl in only four days. This game is also played here.
Al Ain have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Al Ain have conceded 9 from these games.
Bunyodkor form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Al Zawra'a in order to reach Play-offs of AFC Champions League. They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the regular season.5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bunyodkor in their Professional Football League matches away.
Bunyodkor are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the AFC Champions League against Al Zawra'a. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sogdiana in the Professional Football League.
Bunyodkor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Bunyodkor have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Al Ain won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Bunyodkor has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 0Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 12 goals |   K. Giyosov 10 goals |  M. Mirakhmadov 7 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Bunyodkor missing players
| Al Ain | Bunyodkor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 313 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 226 | ||
| 130 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 103 | ||
| 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Al Sharjah | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Al Wasl | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Dhafra | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Wahda | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Ajman | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
| 13 | Hatta | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pakhtakor | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 57 | 69 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 3 | Bunyodkor | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 43 |
| 4 | Sogdiana | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 40 |
| 5 | Metalourg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Surkhon | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -7 | 35 |
| 7 | Nasaf | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Navbahor | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | AMGK | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Andijan | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 28 |
| 11 | Kokand-1912 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Buxoro | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 24 |
| 13 | Dinamo Samarqand | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -22 | 24 |
| 14 | Qizilqum | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -24 | 24 |