National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bani Yas or Al Dhafra that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Bani Yas form and stats
Bani Yas participated in Presidents Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Bani Yas have played 8 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Bani Yas to get some points in this home game.
Bani Yas are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Al Khaleej. Ahead of that match, Bani Yas lost 0-1 at home to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Ittihad Kalba are coming to town in four days.
Bani Yas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Bani Yas have conceded 9 goals.
Al Dhafra form and stats
Al Dhafra was sent out of Presidents Cup in the final last season.5-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Dhafra in their Uae League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Al Dhafra, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Al Wasl in the Uae League. Preceding that game was the away Uae League victory against Ajman with the score of 2-1.
After this away game Al Dhafra return home for a Uae League game against Al Wahda. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Al Dhafra have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Al Dhafra in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Bani Yas, one draw and five wins for Al Dhafra. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
J. Pereira dos Santos 11 goals | L. de Souza Soares 4 goals | S. Al Shamsi 3 goals |
Bani Yas missing players
Al Dhafra missing players
Bani Yas | Al Dhafra | ||||||
Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
8 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
29 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
35 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
233 | 113 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 222 | ||
88 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 88 | ||
33% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% |
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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 39 |
2 | Al Ain | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 27 | 37 |
3 | Al Sharjah | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
4 | Al Jazira | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
5 | Al Dhafra | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
6 | Al Wahda | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
7 | Al Nasr | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
8 | Al Wasl | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
9 | Bani Yas | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
10 | Ajman | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 16 |
12 | Al Khaleej | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
13 | Hatta | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
14 | Al Fujairah | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 12 |