The league table is allowed to rest as Bani Yas and Al Ittihad Kalba battle for Arabian Gulf Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
8 - 17 - 17 with 47-63. 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.
Bani Yas form and stats
Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Uae League, Bani Yas have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Bani Yas here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Bani's last game was hosting Al Dhafra and winning 3-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Shabab Al Ahli Dubai that finished 0-0.
The Bani manager D. Isăilă has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Bani have conceded 6 goals.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Uae League. With three draws in a row for Al Ittihad Kalba the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Ittihad played 0-0 against Hatta in their previous match. Before that, Al Ittihad Kalba travelled to Al Ain and returned home with a draw after the Uae League game finished 1-1.
Ittihad have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Al Ittihad Kalba as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Bani-Al Ittihad Kalba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bani Yas four wins, Al Ittihad Kalba two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Pereira dos Santos 9 goals | S. Al Noobi 5 goals |   P. Mlapa 4 goals |
Bani Yas missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Bani Yas | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Bani Yas | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 7 |
| 13 | Ajman | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -21 | 3 |
| 14 | Hatta | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | -23 | 2 |