The Al Nahdha & Al-Ain managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Division 1 league table.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al-Ain have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Nahdha form and stats
Al Nahdha are steadily winning Division 1 games and points here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Al Nahdha, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Nahdha, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the Division 1.
A good away victory last time out for Nahdha, who won 1-0 against Ohod (placed 3rd). A strong away win before that one, visiting Al-Kawkab and winning 1-0.
Nahdha can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 29 times. On the other hand, Nahdha have conceded 15 goals.
Al-Ain form and stats
4-9-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al-Ain, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Division 1, in their Division 1 matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Al-Ain as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Khaleej game have they lost an away game, meaning Al-Ain has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
The supporters enjoyed Al-Ain's previous game versus Al Najoom (placed 18th), a Division 1 2-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Al Taqdom.
Al-Ain have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Al-Ain as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Nahdha and Al-Ain have met before this season: Al-Ain - Al Nahdha 6-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Nahdha victory, zero draws and two Al-Ain wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Al Nahdha missing players
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| Al Nahdha | Al-Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 43 |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 89% |
| 68% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 54% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 31% | 36% |
| 25% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 21% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 46% |
| 36% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 46% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 18% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 4.6 | 2.5 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | 117 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 73 | 104 |
| 89 | 49 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 41 | 63 |
| 44% | 59% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 20% | 46% |
- Al Nahdha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Nahdha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al-Ain has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Al-Ain has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Al-Ain has the most clean sheets (13)
- Al-Ain has the the best goal difference (+24)
- 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.
- All of Al Nahdha's home-matches have had more than 1,5 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 | Al-Ain | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Al Batin | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Ohod | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Quadisiya | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Nahdha | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 49 |
| 6 | Al Bukayriyah | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 47 |
| 7 | Jeddah | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 8 | Al Jabalain | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 41 |
| 9 | Najran | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 41 |
| 10 | Al-Thuqbah | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
| 11 | Al Shoalah | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 12 | Al Ta'ee | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 13 | Al Jeel | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 30 |
| 15 | Al-Kawkab | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 29 |
| 16 | Al Ansar | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -18 | 29 |
| 17 | Al Mojzel | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 18 | Al Najoom | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -25 | 23 |
| 19 | Hottain | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -27 | 23 |
| 20 | Al Taqdom | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -27 | 22 |