National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Sharjah or Hatta that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Sharjah form and stats
Last season, Al Sharjah's Presidents Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.Al Sharjah have played 5 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sharjah travelled for their previous game, a trip to Emirates that ended 0-0.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Arabian Gulf Cup home game that ended 1-1 versus Al Urooba.The match schedule is unforgiving for Sharjah as they have a new game in only four days, a Uae League match thankfully also at home. Bani Yas are visiting.
The Sharjah fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Hatta form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Total Presidents Cup statistics for Hatta: 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
It's the second away game in a row for Hatta, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Al Bataeh in the Division 1 last time out.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Al Arabi.A new game in only four days for Hatta, the Division 1 home match versus Al Ramms. Busy days.
The visiting Hatta have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Hatta have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Sharjah three wins, four draws and Hatta three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Malango Ngita 6 goals | C. Lucas Fernandes 3 goals |  B. Anício Caldeira Duarte 2 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Hatta missing players
| Al Sharjah | Hatta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 40% | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 Arabi | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Al Hamriyah | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 4 | Dibba Al Hisn | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 5 | Hatta | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Bataeh | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Fujairah | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Masfut | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Thaid | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Ramms | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
| 11 | Gulf Heroes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Jazira Al Hamra | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Al-Taawon | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Masafi | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | City | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 2 |