Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Dhafra & Shabab Al Ahli Dubai face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Dhafra and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Dhafra form and stats
Last season, Dhafra's Presidents Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Al Dhafra have collected 2 points from their Uae League home games so far after 0-2-3.
The fans are hoping that Dhafra will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Arabian Gulf Cup game against Al Urooba.
Ahead of that match, Dhafra lost 1-2 at home to Khorfakkan Club.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dhafra as they are travelling to their away game against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the Uae League. That match is four days after this one.
Dhafra has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Dhafra have conceded 9 from these games.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Shabab, as they won the Presidents Cup.1-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in their Uae League matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Shabab's previous game versus Ajman, a Arabian Gulf Cup 2-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Nasr.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Dhafra in just four days.
Shabab are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Dhafra, two draws and seven wins for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Diop 4 goals |   M. Ghaedi 3 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 2 goals |
Al Dhafra missing players
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players
| Al Dhafra | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.9 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | ||
| 13.4 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 Ain | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Sharjah | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Khorfakkan Club | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Ajman | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Bani Yas | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
| 14 | Emirates | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -18 | 1 |