National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Nasr or Al Ain that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Al Nasr form and stats
Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Al Ain.Three Uae League home games done for Al Nasr, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Al Nasr are confident in defense, having played 235 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Nasr last time playing, versus Al Ain. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Memišević scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the Uae League match versus Hatta with a 3-0 scoreline.Al Nasr aren't scoring a lot here at Al Maktoum Stadium in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. Al Nasr have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Al Ain form and stats
They also participated in Arabian Gulf Cup last season. This ended in the final.It's gone fairly well in the Uae League away games so far for Al Ain with six points collected from three matches.
Two away games in a row for Al Ain, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Al Nasr.
A home win as expected against Ahal before that, in the AFC Champions League.
The travelling fans enjoy Ain's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Al Nasr wins - draws - Al Ain wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 4 goals |  S. Rahimi 3 goals |   K. Agudelo Ardila 2 goals |
Al Nasr missing players
Al Ain missing players
| Al Nasr | Al Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 27 | 58 | ||
| 36 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 10.2 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Wasl | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Sharjah | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Bani Yas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Al Bataeh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Al Nasr | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Wahda | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Emirates | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Khaleej | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Ajman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 2 |
| 14 | Hatta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
