With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Al Arabi fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Masafi.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi have played 3 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Al Arabi in their previous game, a Division 1 match away at Al Urooba (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Dibba Al Fujairah (1-2).
The Al Arabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Al Arabi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Masafi form and stats
The manager is not happy with the away performances in the Division 1 so far, as all 4 matches have been lost. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Masafi who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters. A depressing four defeats in a row for Masafi in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Dibba Al Hisn.
Masafi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Emirates (placed 1st). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Masfut.
Masafi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 4 away games. Masafi have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Al Arabi wins - draws - Masafi wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Al Arabi missing players
Masafi missing players
| Al Arabi | Masafi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 6.6 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 32 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 31 | 59 |
| 34 | 15 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 26% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 4% |
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Masafi.
- Masafi has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- Masafi has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Masafi has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
- Masafi has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0)
- Masafi has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Masafi has the the worst goal difference (-14)
- Masafi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Masafi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Masafi have failed to score a single goal away.
- Masafi have lost all their matches so far.
- Masafi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Masafi is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Emirates | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Dibba Al Hisn | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Bataeh | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Hamriyah | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Masfut | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Urooba | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Thaid | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Al-Taawon | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 1 |
| 11 | Masafi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 0 |