It's time for cup football and it's the Arabian Gulf Cup Quarter-finals between Al Fujairah and Al Nasr. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
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!
Al Fujairah form and stats
Last season, Al Fujairah's Arabian Gulf Cup journey ended in the group stage.Al Fujairah have collected 6 points from their Uae League home games so far after 2-0-2. It's trouble wherever Al Fujairah are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Al Fujairah are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Fujairah Club Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Al Fujairah's previous game was a Arabian Gulf Cup match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Bani Yas. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Sharjah (1-5).
The game against Bani Yas had lots of late drama as Al Fujairah came back from being down 0-3 and finally secured all three points through W. Jebor's goal in the 86th minute.
The Al Fujairah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al Fujairah with 9 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Nasr form and stats
They also participated in Arabian Gulf Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Shabab Al Ahli Dubai drew the shortest straw.It's gone fairly well in the Uae League away games so far for Al Nasr with six points collected from three matches. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Al Nasr hope to make it five in this match. Al Nasr has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
217 minutes! That's how long the Al Nasr goalkeeper Ahmed Mohamed Shambieh and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Al Nasr, whose manager K. Jurčić could celebrate last time after the Arabian Gulf Cup win against Al Dhafra. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Jazira in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Al Nasr has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Al Nasr have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Al Fujairah won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Al Nasr has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 4Top Goalscorers
  Álvaro Negredo 4 goals |   Fernando Gabriel 3 goals |  Tozé 2 goals |
Al Fujairah missing players
Al Nasr missing players
| Al Fujairah | Al Nasr | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 270 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 296 | ||
| 96 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 130 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
- Al Fujairah have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Fujairah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Nasr have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 Sharjah | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Ain | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Ajman | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Hatta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Bani Yas | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Dhafra | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Al Fujairah | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 3 |