The league table is allowed to rest as Al Wasl and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai battle for Arabian Gulf Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Wasl form and stats
Al Wasl was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Arabian Gulf Cup.Al Wasl's struggle is real here at Zabeel Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 Uae League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. This match is a Arabian Gulf Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
A nice win for Al Wasl last time playing, versus Hatta. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Fabio de Lima (2) scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bani Yas and winning 2-0.
The victory against Hatta came after Fabio de Lima's winning goal. The Al Wasl manager O. Hellmann was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Fabio de Lima scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time.
The Al Wasl fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Wasl have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats
They also participated in Arabian Gulf Cup last season. This ended in the final.The story so far for the visiting team on their Uae League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Arabian Gulf Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Shabab play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Al Ain. Before that, Shabab secured a home win against Al Ittihad Kalba with the score 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Wahda in just four days.
Shabab have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. As opposed to that, Shabab have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wasl two wins, three draws and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Virginio de Lima 9 goals |  J. Brandão Figueiredo 7 goals |
Al Wasl missing players
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players
| Al Wasl | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 43% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | Bani Yas | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Ain | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Ajman | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | -20 | 9 |
| 13 | Al Fujairah | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 7 |
| 14 | Hatta | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | -28 | 2 |