National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Wahda or Ajman that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Ajman played their last game only four days ago, a Arabian Gulf Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Al Wahda form and stats
Wahda was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Presidents Cup.The story so far in the Uae League for Al Wahda at their home stadium (Al-Nahyan Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Wahda are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Wahda, facing Al Nasr in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Ajman.Goals decide football matches and Wahda are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Wahda have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Ajman form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Uae League matches, Ajman have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Ajman are travelling again after losing away to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in their previous match (1-2).
A 0-3 defeat away at Al Wahda before that.After this away game Ajman return home for a Uae League game against Al Wasl. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ajman as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ajman have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Wahda victories, one draw and one Ajman win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pereira dos Santos 7 goals |  O. Khribin 6 goals |  M. Ben Larbi 5 goals |
Al Wahda missing players
Ajman missing players
| Al Wahda | Ajman | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 9 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | Khorfakkan Club | 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 |