Al Fujairah-Ajman: All set for the first of two encounters to decide this Arabian Gulf Cup 1st Round game

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf Cup
Competition: Thu 08.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Fujairah Stadium (10645 seats)

The league table is allowed to rest as Al Fujairah and Ajman battle for Arabian Gulf Cup honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.

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Al Fujairah form and stats

Last season, Fujairah's Arabian Gulf Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.

The story so far in the Uae League for Al Fujairah at their home stadium (Al-Fujairah Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Fujairah to get some points in this home game. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Al Fujairah, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Fujairah crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Al Sharjah here at Al-Fujairah Stadium in a Uae League match. Heartbreak before that as Fujairah lost 1-2 at Al Ain's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fujairah have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

Fujairah aren't scoring a lot here at Al-Fujairah Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. 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 Fujairah have conceded 14 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ajman form and stats

Ajman's mission in Arabian Gulf Cup last season failed in the group stage.

There's been little loot from Ajman's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Uae League. Ajman only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. It's a growing despair in Ajman as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Ajman's previous game was their home loss versus Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (2-5). A 0-1 defeat away at Al Wahda before that.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Ajman, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ajman playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Ajman wins, one draw and three defeats.

Ajman are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Ajman rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fujairah-Ajman H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Fujairah five wins, Ajman two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
6 5   Won W   1 4
3 2   Drew D   6 9
16 5   Lost L   5 12
21 10   Scored S   16 32
43 15   Conceded C   24 53
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
52% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
48% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
24% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 52%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 32%
44% 25%   BTTS BTTS   75% 72%
24% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 12%
36% 42%   Failed to Score F T   17% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
4 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
201 114   Total Shots T S   102 216
75 40   Shots on Target S O   37 83
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 19 13 4 2 41 13 10 7 2 1 27 9 9 6 2 1 14 4 28 43
2 Al Ain 19 11 4 4 46 21 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 7 1 2 29 10 25 37
3 Al Jazira 19 11 3 5 29 17 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 7 2 1 19 8 12 36
4 Al Sharjah 19 10 5 4 38 23 9 5 3 1 15 9 10 5 2 3 23 14 15 35
5 Al Wahda 19 11 2 6 33 30 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 5 0 4 14 17 3 35
6 Al Nasr 19 9 4 6 24 19 10 5 1 4 10 7 9 4 3 2 14 12 5 31
7 Al Dhafra 19 9 2 8 25 24 10 4 2 4 13 12 9 5 0 4 12 12 1 29
8 Al Wasl 19 8 5 6 31 33 10 5 2 3 18 18 9 3 3 3 13 15 -2 29
9 Bani Yas 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 2 2 6 9 17 -6 23
10 Ajman 19 4 6 9 25 39 10 3 2 5 16 23 9 1 4 4 9 16 -14 18
11 Al Ittihad Kalba 19 5 1 13 24 39 9 4 0 5 16 17 10 1 1 8 8 22 -15 16
12 Al Khaleej 19 3 6 10 18 32 10 2 2 6 9 19 9 1 4 4 9 13 -14 15
13 Hatta 19 3 4 12 15 32 9 1 2 6 8 18 10 2 2 6 7 14 -17 13
14 Al Fujairah 19 3 3 13 15 36 9 3 2 4 6 14 10 0 1 9 9 22 -21 12