Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Bani Yas nor Al Fujairah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bani Yas form and stats
Bani Yas participated in Presidents Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Bani Yas have played 5 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager W. Schäfer led his Bani Yas to a defeat in the Uae League match away at Al Fujairah. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ajman stadium. Ahead of that match, Bani Yas won a home game hosting Hatta (1-0).
The Bani Yas fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Bani Yas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Fujairah form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Al Fujairah have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 5 away matches played so far in the Uae League. Bitter travels for Al Fujairah as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Shabab Al Ahli Dubai match.
The supporters enjoyed Al Fujairah's previous game versus Bani Yas, a Uae League 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al Jazira's place.
The attacking power of Al Fujairah when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. For Al Fujairah, 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): Bani Yas 3 wins, 5 draws and Al Fujairah 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Pedro Conde 5 goals |   Fernando Gabriel 4 goals |  A. Patosi 1 goals |
Bani Yas missing players
Al Fujairah missing players
| Bani Yas | Al Fujairah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 274 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 260 | ||
| 105 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 93 | ||
| 35% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 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 Sharjah | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Ain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Wasl | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Bani Yas | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Wahda | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Ajman | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 13 | Hatta | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 4 |