Hatta-Bani Yas: All set for the first of two encounters to decide this Arabian Gulf Cup 1st Round game

Hatta form and stats

Hatta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Hatta's results here at Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in the Uae League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Hatta are slowly digging their own grave here at Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Al Ittihad Kalba match.

Hatta's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Al Wasl. A 1-1 draw away in the Uae League before that, with Al Sharjah the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hatta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hatta as a small favourite), we find four games. Hatta has won two of these, drawn zero and lost two.

Hatta aren't scoring a lot here at Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Hatta have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Bani Yas form and stats

Last season their Arabian Gulf Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

Bani Yas have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Uae League, after 2-2-6 (10 played). Bani Yas seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The supporters enjoyed Bani's previous game versus Al Ittihad Kalba, a Uae League 2-1 win played at home. A loss against Al Dhafra (after extra-time) was the result prior to that, in a Presidents Cup home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Bani Yas in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bani Yas, zero draws and one defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bani Yas as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bani have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Hatta victory, zero draws and five Bani Yas wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Hatta missing players

Bani Yas missing players