This fixture involves two participants dwelling in the carpet of the Division 1, Al Shoalah at 15th spot and Al-Ain lying 19th. A decent opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.
- Al Shoalah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Ain have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Division 1
Al-Ain have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
Al Shoalah form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Al Shoalah at their home stadium (Al-Shoalah Club Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Al Shoalah, their manager Maqueda and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Al Shoalah shared the glory with Al Sahel in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Hajer.The Shoalah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al Shoalah has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Al-Ain form and stats
There's been little loot from Al-Ain's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Division 1. Al-Ain only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
Al-Ain played 2-2 against Bisha in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Quadisiya with the score of 1-0.Al-Ain are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 10 away games. As for defending, Al-Ain rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. When Al-Ain is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Al-Kawkab, Al Nahdha, Bisha, Al Jeel, Al-Ain and Jeddah.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Al-Ain - Al Shoalah 1-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Al Shoalah victories, one draw and four Al-Ain wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Al Shoalah missing players
Al-Ain missing players
| Al Shoalah | Al-Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| 85% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 60% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 30% | 55% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 35% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 35% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 17% | 36% |
| 6.6 | 5.7 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
- Al Shoalah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Shoalah have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al-Ain have scored away.
- Al Shoalah have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al-Ain have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al-Ain have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Division 1
- Al-Ain have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Division 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 | Al Khaleej | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Adalh | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 36 |
| 3 | Ohod | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Jabalain | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Sahel | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | Hajer | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Al Orubah | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Al Akhdoud | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Al Kholood | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Najran | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Al Quadisiya | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 13 | Al Draih | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 25 |
| 14 | Jeddah | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 15 | Al Shoalah | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | Al Nahdha | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Al Jeel | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Al-Kawkab | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 19 | Al-Ain | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Bisha | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 12 |
