Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Dhafra & Al Jazira face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Al Dhafra form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Al Dhafra have collected 9 points from their Uae League home games so far after 3-0-1.
Dhafra manager V. Rašović and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Wahda in the Uae League. Ahead of that match, Dhafra lost 1-2 at home to Al Ittihad Kalba.
Goals are plentiful at Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium in the league this season as Dhafra has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. On the other hand, Dhafra have conceded 4 goals.
Al Jazira form and stats
Al Jazira's mission in Presidents Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Uae League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Wahda game have they lost an away game, meaning Jazira has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Jazira goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Jazira, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Al Fujairah in the Uae League last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hatta in the Uae League.
Jazira are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (12 goals from 4 away games). Jazira have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Dhafra-Al Jazira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Dhafra two wins, Al Jazira five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Hajeri 5 goals |   Y. Al Bakhet 4 goals |  S. Al Mansoori 2 goals |
Al Dhafra missing players
Al Jazira missing players
| Al Dhafra | Al Jazira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 28 | 44 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 42% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Bani Yas | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 4 |
| 13 | Ajman | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 2 |
| 14 | Hatta | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | -18 | 1 |