Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al-Taawon & Dibba Al Hisn face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al-Taawon form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Division 1 this season. Al-Taawon have only managed 0 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Qasimi Stadium. On the other hand, in the Presidents Cup, Al-Taawon has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. All in all it has been a very rough period for Al-Taawon who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 18 attempts. Their previous win was against Al Arabi, 580 days ago. Al-Taawon are slowly digging their own grave here at Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Qasimi Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Al Arabi match.
The Al-Taawon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Al-Taawon are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 8 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dibba Al Hisn form and stats
Dibba Al Hisn's mission in Presidents Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Presidents Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Before that, Dibba travelled to Al Arabi and returned home with a draw after the Presidents Cup game finished 1-1.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dibba have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Dibba have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Al-Taawon, one draw and four wins for Dibba Al Hisn. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Al-Taawon missing players
Dibba Al Hisn missing players
| Al-Taawon | Dibba Al Hisn | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 60 | 26 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 201 | 71 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 266 | ||
| 94 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 139 | ||
| 24% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Bataeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Al Hamriyah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Al-Taawon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dibba Al Hisn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Emirates | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Dibba Al Hisn | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Bataeh | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Al Hamriyah | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Masfut | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Thaid | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Al Urooba | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Masafi | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 10 |
| 11 | Al-Taawon | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -20 | 2 |