National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Jazira or Al Urooba that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Jazira form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.This stadium, Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Jazira in the Uae League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-0-1.
Jazira drew their last game, 3-3 away at Al Ittihad Kalba. A goal frenzy last time out for Jazira, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Al Ittihad Kalba. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Jazira lost 1-5 at home to Al Ain.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Khaleej are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Jazira in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Al Urooba form and stats
Urooba's mission in Presidents Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Uae League matches, Al Urooba have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Al Urooba's previous game versus Al Dhafra, a Arabian Gulf Cup 3-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the Arabian Gulf Cup away draw versus Al Sharjah that ended 1-1.A new game in only four days for Al Urooba, the Uae League home match versus Emirates. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Al Urooba's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Urooba have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Hajeri 4 goals |  A. Ramadan 3 goals | O. Traore 2 goals |
Al Jazira missing players
Al Urooba missing players
| Al Jazira | Al Urooba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 45% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 36% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 | Al Khaleej | 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 |