The league table is allowed to rest as Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Urooba battle for Arabian Gulf Cup honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.
This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Al Urooba's regular surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Al Urooba have performed like this: Played four matches producing 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal numbers 3-3 (scored/conceded).
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Last season, Ittihad's Arabian Gulf Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Three Uae League home games done for Al Ittihad Kalba, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Ittihad.
Ittihad shared the glory with Al Dhafra in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Wasl that ended 1-1.Al Ittihad Kalba aren't scoring a lot here at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. From these home matches, Ittihad have conceded only 2 goals.
Al Urooba form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Uae League for Al Urooba with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Urooba, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Al Jazira.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Al Ain.Urooba are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Urooba have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Ittihad wins - draws - Al Urooba wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Madan 2 goals |  A. Al Naqbi 1 goals |  P. Mlapa 1 goals |
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
Al Urooba missing players
| Al Ittihad Kalba | Al Urooba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 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 | 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 |