National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sharjah or Al Ittihad Kalba that keep their silverware dream alive.
5 - 5 - 7 with 18-23. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Al Ittihad Kalba when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Al Ittihad Kalba play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated match!
Al Sharjah form and stats
Last season, Sharjah went all the way and won Arabian Gulf Cup. Will they do the same again this year? Al Ittihad Kalba will try their best to defeat the reigning champions.null
It's back home for Al Sharjah, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Emirates away with the result 3-1. Marega and Tagliabúe (2) found the net in that victory.
A home win before that one, as expected. The team were big favourites against Al Faysali and won 1-0. This is expected to be a close game, with Al Sharjah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Sharjah as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Al Sharjah has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nasaf are coming to town in four days.
At Sharjah Stadium, Al Sharjah has the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the 1st round against Al Wahda.Four points from two away games for Al Ittihad Kalba, meaning one draw and one victory in the Uae League so far.
The regulars enjoyed Al Ittihad Kalba's previous match versus Hatta, a 2-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Uae League victory against Ajman with the score of 5-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Ittihad Kalba playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Ittihad wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Al Ittihad Kalba have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Al Sharjah-Al Ittihad Kalba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sharjah eight wins, Al Ittihad Kalba two wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Lucas Fernandes 4 goals |  M. Ghaedi 3 goals | L. Martins Pereira 2 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Al Sharjah | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 |
