Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ittihad Kalba & Al Sharjah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Al Sharjah have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Al Ittihad Kalba participated in Presidents Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Al Ittihad Kalba have played 8 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Al Ittihad Kalba with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Al Khaleej game, 52 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Al Ittihad Kalba, their manager J. da Silva Echeverrito and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Al Ittihad Kalba crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Al Ain here at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium in a Uae League match. Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad Kalba lost 0-1 at home to Hatta.
Al Ittihad Kalba have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Ittihad Kalba defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Sharjah form and stats
Al Sharjah was sent out of Presidents Cup in the semi-finals last season.4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Sharjah in their Uae League matches away.
Al Sharjah's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Persepolis that finished 2-2. The game before that, in the AFC Champions League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Al Taawon.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Sharjah are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Sharjah have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ittihad Kalba zero wins, three draws and Al Sharjah seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Mlapa 9 goals |   R. Mendes da Graça 8 goals |  I. Coronado 7 goals |
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
Al Sharjah missing players
| Al Ittihad Kalba | Al Sharjah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 26 | 51 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 249 | 128 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 275 | ||
| 89 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 111 | ||
| 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 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 Dubai | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Sharjah | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Dhafra | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Ajman | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | Hatta | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Fujairah | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 9 |