Al Sharjah U21 vs Al Ain U21: Soccer match preview

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf Reserve League
Competition: Fri 27.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium (10000 seats)

A lot of action is likely at Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium when Al Sharjah U21 challenge Al Ain U21 in what looks to be a great game. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Al Sharjah U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ain U21 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Arabian Gulf Reserve League game only four days ago.

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Al Sharjah U21 form and stats

Al Sharjah U21 have performed here at Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium this season with 9 wins from 12 Arabian Gulf Reserve League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Al Sharjah U21 has won four games in a row. The Al Orooba U21 match was the last time out without a victory.

Sharjah enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Emirates U21's place. The match ended 2-1. It's uncommon, but the exact result 2-1 has been on "repeat" three league matches in a row.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Bani Yas U21.

Al Sharjah U21's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Ain U21 form and stats

Al Ain U21's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Ain U21 collect 25 points from their 12 away matches in the Arabian Gulf Reserve League. 7 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The fact that Al Ain U21 have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-0 against Ajman U21 in their previous game. As mentioned above, Al Ain U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Ajman U21 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Before that, Ain secured a home win against Al Nasr U21 with the score 3-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Al Ain U21's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Al Ain U21 - Al Sharjah U21 1-2 was the scoreline in these sides' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Data for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Sharjah, two draws and two wins for Al Ain U21. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Al Sharjah U21 missing players

Al Ain U21 missing players

Al Sharjah U21 Al Ain U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
16 9 1 Won W 0 7 16
4 0 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 3 1 Lost L 1 1 3
42 24 1 Scored S 1 20 51
27 15 3 Conceded C 4 12 22
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
76% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 84%
68% 83% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 60%
28% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 32%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 16%
68% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 56%
24% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
12% 8% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 16%
 
4.5 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 3.6
4.5 5 9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.6 4.7
1.7 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
8.7 10.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.6 5.2
4.1 4.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 2.9
40% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 47% 71%
 
8.8 9.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 7.9 4.8
4 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 2.3
Key stats in Arabian Gulf Reserve League this season:
  • Al Ain U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ain U21 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Al Sharjah U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Sharjah U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 U21 25 19 6 0 72 19 12 8 4 0 36 9 13 11 2 0 36 10 53 63
2 Al Ain U21 25 16 6 3 51 22 13 9 2 2 31 10 12 7 4 1 20 12 29 54
3 Al Sharjah U21 25 16 4 5 42 27 12 9 0 3 24 15 13 7 4 2 18 12 15 52
4 Ajman U21 25 14 4 7 40 28 12 9 2 1 25 6 13 5 2 6 15 22 12 46
5 Al Ittihad Kalba U21 25 13 3 9 57 45 12 7 1 4 31 19 13 6 2 5 26 26 12 42
6 Al Jazira U21 25 11 7 7 43 30 12 5 3 4 24 19 13 6 4 3 19 11 13 40
7 Al Wahda U21 26 11 5 10 46 40 13 6 3 4 26 15 13 5 2 6 20 25 6 38
8 Al Dhafra U21 25 9 4 12 42 40 13 6 1 6 29 18 12 3 3 6 13 22 2 31
9 Al Nasr U21 26 7 7 12 32 34 13 4 5 4 15 10 13 3 2 8 17 24 -2 28
10 Al Wasl U21 25 5 9 11 25 32 13 1 7 5 11 17 12 4 2 6 14 15 -7 24
11 Emirates U21 25 5 8 12 40 45 13 2 4 7 20 24 12 3 4 5 20 21 -5 23
12 Bani Yas U21 25 4 6 15 27 51 13 2 3 8 14 24 12 2 3 7 13 27 -24 18
13 Al Orooba U21 25 4 6 15 18 63 12 3 2 7 12 28 13 1 4 8 6 35 -45 18
14 Khor Fakkan U21 25 2 5 18 12 71 13 2 3 8 8 27 12 0 2 10 4 44 -59 11