The visiting Al Shabab side should be favourites in this visit to Al-Ain, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
- Al-Ain has the most conceded goals (14) at home in Pro League
- Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (9) in Pro League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Al-Ain form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pro League this season. Al-Ain, who have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Pro League, have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at King Saud Sport City Stadium.
The fans are hoping that Al-Ain will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Pro League game against Al Nassr (placed 11th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Abha (2-4).
The Al-Ain fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al-Ain with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Shabab's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Pro League. Al Shabab only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Shabab had fun at their own home (King Saud Sport City Stadium) last time out, beating Al Ittifaq 1-0. C. Guanca scored. A 1-2 defeat away at Al Ittihad before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Shabab's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. The Shabab manager P. Faria Caixinha has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Guanca 4 goals |   T. Moutari Kalala 3 goals |
Al-Ain missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al-Ain | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 10.5 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 29% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 28% |
- Al Shabab has the most points from losing position (9) in Pro League
- Al Shabab have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Shabab have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Shabab haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al-Ain has the most conceded goals (14) at home in Pro League
- Al-Ain have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Ain have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al-Ain haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Shabab's away-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 Hilal | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Al Shabab | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Taawon | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Fateh | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Abha | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Quadisiya | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Nassr | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Faisaly | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Al Raed | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Batin | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Al-Ain | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Dhamk | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 8 |