The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Division 1 league table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Jabalain form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Al Jabalain at their home stadium (Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Al Jabalain are confident in defense, having played 189 minutes without conceding a goal.
Happy days for Al Jabalain in their previous game, a Division 1 match away at Al Mojzel (placed 20th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. In the match before that, Al Jabalain hosted Al Nahdha and drew the game 0-0.
As mentioned above, Al Jabalain "killed" Al Mojzel in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Al Jabalain decided the match against Al Mojzel in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (4-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
Al Jabalain are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Al Jabalain have conceded 7 goals.
Al-Ain form and stats
1 win, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al-Ain, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Division 1, playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season.
Al-Ain have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper . It's been 180 since they last conceded in Division 1.
Al-Ain are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Division 1 against Al Ansar (placed 17th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Al Mojzel.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Al-Ain are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Al Jabalain victory, 0 draws and 1 Al-Ain win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Al Jabalain missing players
Al-Ain missing players
| Al Jabalain | Al-Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 85% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.3 | 2.9 |
| 4.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | 40 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 48 | 70 |
| 58 | 17 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 34% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 42% |
- Al Jabalain have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al-Ain have not yet lost a game away.
- Al-Ain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al-Ain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al-Ain have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Quadisiya | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Al-Thuqbah | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Bukayriyah | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Jabalain | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Batin | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Nahdha | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Shoalah | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Ohod | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Al-Kawkab | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Jeddah | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Ta'ee | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Najran | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Al Jeel | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Hottain | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Khaleej | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Al Ansar | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Al Najoom | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Al Taqdom | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Al Mojzel | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 8 |