This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Sharjah at Sharjah Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Faysali with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Al Faysali have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Uae League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Ain, was also a home game here at Sharjah Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Sharjah form and stats
All-inclusive Uae League stats at home this season for Al Sharjah are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Sharjah crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Al Ain here at Sharjah Stadium.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Al Nasr.Sharjah are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 3 and lost 0.
Al Sharjah has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {6 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Faysali form and stats
Al Faysali are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The supporters enjoyed Al Faysali's previous fixture versus Hartha, a Jordan Cup win (8-0) played at home.
The game before that was the AFC Champions League-duel against Nasaf, a home loss (0-1).
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Faysali has managed {3 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Lucas Fernandes 4 goals | L. Martins Pereira 2 goals | A. Juma 1 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Al Faysali missing players
| Al Sharjah | Al Faysali | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 61 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nasaf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Al Sharjah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Faysali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Al Ain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Wasl | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Sharjah | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Emirates | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Bani Yas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Al Khaleej | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Bataeh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Nasr | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Ajman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
| 14 | Hatta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Al Hussein | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Wihdat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Al Faysali | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Moghayer Al Sarhan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Ramtha | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Sahab | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Al Salt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Shabab Al Ordon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Aqaba | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Al Jalil | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Ma'an | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
