Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Sharjah & Al Nasr face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Sharjah form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Uae League numbers at home for Al Sharjah so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Sharjah, who played 0-0 against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. That match was also played at this venue (Sharjah Stadium).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Al Nasr that ended 1-1.Sharjah are traveling soon after this match as the Uae League match at Bani Yas awaits in four days.
The Al Sharjah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Al Sharjah are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sharjah Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Al Nasr form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Al Nasr have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Uae League, after 0-4-3 (7 played).
Taarabt scored in Nasr's previous match, the home game against Al Dhafra that ended 1-0.
A 1-1 draw at Al Sharjah's stadium before that.Al Nasr have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Uae League game versus Ajman. A strenuous fixture list for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Nasr as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. For Al Nasr, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sharjah five wins, one draw and Al Nasr four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Lucas Fernandes 6 goals |  F. Alcácer García 6 goals | L. Martins Pereira 5 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Al Nasr missing players
| Al Sharjah | Al Nasr | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Wasl | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Al Ain | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 25 |
| 7 | Ajman | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Khaleej | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Bataeh | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -14 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Nasr | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Dhafra | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 7 |
| 14 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -20 | 4 |
