The league table is allowed to rest as Al Ittihad Kalba and Bani Yas battle for Arabian Gulf Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ittihad's stadium, Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Bani Yas have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Bani Yas when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from five matches. They have scored 8 goals in these games and conceded 6.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Ittihad participated in Arabian Gulf Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.With 1 Uae League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Al Ittihad Kalba are certainly not brimming with confidence. On the other hand, in the Arabian Gulf Cup, Al Ittihad Kalba has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. 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.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Shiotani (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
A 1-1 draw away in the Arabian Gulf Cup before that, with Bani Yas the opponent.
Al Ittihad Kalba have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Bani Yas form and stats
Bani was sent out of Arabian Gulf Cup in the group stage last season.Bani Yas have an excellent away record in the Uae League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Arabian Gulf Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Al Ittihad Kalba.
Bani Yas has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. The Bani defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bani Yas - Al Ittihad Kalba 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ittihad victories, five draws and three Bani Yas wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pereira dos Santos 10 goals | S. Al Noobi 5 goals |   P. Mlapa 4 goals |
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
Bani Yas missing players
| Al Ittihad Kalba | Bani Yas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 21% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Bani Yas | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 7 |
| 13 | Ajman | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -20 | 6 |
| 14 | Hatta | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | -24 | 2 |