Al Ain get ready to welcome Emirates for something different than the ordinary league football: The Arabian Gulf Cup 1st Round leg 1 of 2.
Al Ain form and stats
Ain participated in Arabian Gulf Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Al Ain have collected seven points from their first three Uae League games here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, a promising start.
Ain drew their last game, also a home match. Al Wahda was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A 3-3 draw away in the Uae League before that, with Al Urooba the opponent.Ain can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Ain are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Emirates form and stats
Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.No Uae League points yet away for Emirates, from their first 3 matches. With the Emirates losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Two away games in a row for Emirates, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Al Khaleej in the Uae League.
The game before that, in the Uae League, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Al Nasr.Emirates are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The Emirates manager T. Sektioui has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Ain victories, three draws and one Emirates win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 9 goals | S. Rahimi 2 goals |  J. Gnadou 2 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Emirates missing players
| Al Ain | Emirates | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 18% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Sharjah | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Ajman | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Al Wasl | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Wahda | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Khaleej | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Bani Yas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Dhafra | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 14 | Emirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 0 |