No home advantage expected for Arabian Gulf Reserve League battle between Khor Fakkan U21 and Al Sharjah U21

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf Reserve League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium (2880 seats)

A brief look at the Arabian Gulf Reserve League table indicate an advantage to Al Sharjah U21 when they go to Khor Fakkan U21. However; let's await the match before we award the win!

Insights:
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the fewest scored goals (10) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Al Sharjah U21 have scored more than double the goals of Khor Fakkan U21.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Khor Fakkan U21 and Al Sharjah U21.

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Khor Fakkan U21 form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Arabian Gulf Reserve League this season. Khor Fakkan U21 have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium.

Fakkan played out an unpredictable loss 1-2 against Al Sharjah U21 in their previous outing, also a home game.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Al Orooba U21.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Khor Fakkan U21 have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn one and lost five from six games. three defeats by at least two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Khor Fakkan U21 here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 12 games). Fakkan have conceded 26 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Khor Fakkan U21 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bani Yas U21, Al Wasl U21, Al Orooba U21 and Emirates U21), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Al Sharjah U21 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Arabian Gulf Reserve League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Al Sharjah U21, whose manager could celebrate last time after the win against Khor Fakkan U21.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Al Wahda U21.

Sharjah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Al Sharjah U21 as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the participants met earlier this campaign; Khor Fakkan U21 - Al Sharjah U21 1-2. Stats for the last six meetings between these two squads are: zero wins for Fakkan, one draw and five wins for Al Sharjah U21. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Khor Fakkan U21 missing players

Al Sharjah U21 missing players

Khor Fakkan U21 Al Sharjah U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
2 2 1 Won W 1 6 14
4 2 0 Drew D 2 4 4
17 8 2 Lost L 0 2 5
10 7 2 Scored S 3 16 38
68 26 10 Conceded C 2 11 25
87% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
78% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 74%
65% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 65%
48% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 30%
35% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
22% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 65%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 26%
78% 75% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 13%
 
2.4 2.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.3 4.2
6.4 7.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.4 4.8
2.3 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
1.6 1.9 0.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18 5.9 7.9
0.5 0.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 3.8
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 48% 42%
 
9.6 10.4 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 7.7 8.9
4.6 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.4 4.2
Key stats in Arabian Gulf Reserve League this season:
  • Al Sharjah U21 have scored more than double the goals of Khor Fakkan U21.
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the fewest points (8) at home in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the fewest scored goals (10) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the most conceded goals (68) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League
  • Khor Fakkan U21 have the the worst goal difference (-58) in Arabian Gulf Reserve League

  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 22 16 6 0 63 16 11 7 4 0 32 8 11 9 2 0 31 8 47 54
2 Al Sharjah U21 23 14 4 5 38 25 11 8 0 3 22 14 12 6 4 2 16 11 13 46
3 Al Ain U21 22 13 6 3 42 19 11 7 2 2 24 8 11 6 4 1 18 11 23 45
4 Ajman U21 23 13 3 7 40 25 11 8 2 1 24 5 12 5 1 6 16 20 15 42
5 Al Jazira U21 22 10 7 5 38 25 10 4 3 3 21 16 12 6 4 2 17 9 13 37
6 Al Wahda U21 23 10 5 8 42 33 12 5 3 4 24 14 11 5 2 4 18 19 9 35
7 Al Ittihad Kalba U21 22 10 4 8 47 38 11 6 1 4 27 16 11 4 3 4 20 22 9 34
8 Al Nasr U21 22 7 8 7 28 25 11 4 6 1 14 6 11 3 2 6 14 19 3 29
9 Al Dhafra U21 22 7 4 11 38 37 11 4 1 6 26 19 11 3 3 5 12 18 1 25
10 Emirates U21 22 5 7 10 36 38 11 2 4 5 17 18 11 3 3 5 19 20 -2 22
11 Al Wasl U21 22 4 8 10 23 30 12 1 6 5 10 16 10 3 2 5 13 14 -7 20
12 Bani Yas U21 23 4 6 13 25 46 12 2 3 7 13 21 11 2 3 6 12 25 -21 18
13 Al Orooba U21 23 4 4 15 16 61 11 3 1 7 11 27 12 1 3 8 5 34 -45 16
14 Khor Fakkan U21 23 2 4 17 10 68 12 2 2 8 7 26 11 0 2 9 3 42 -58 10