National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bani Yas or Al Wasl that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bani nor Al Wasl 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 was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Presidents Cup.Overall Uae League stats at home this season for Bani Yas are 3-0-2 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Bani are confident in defense, having played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Bani's previous game was a Uae League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Al Sharjah. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a Uae League win away at Hatta.
The victory against Al Sharjah came after Ahmed Abunamous's winning goal. The Bani manager D. Isăilă was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 77th minute.
Bani can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. 6 goals have been conceded.
Al Wasl form and stats
Wasl was sent out of Presidents Cup in the quarter-finals last season.As the visiting team in Uae League matches, Al Wasl have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far.
Wasl's previous game was their home loss versus Al Jazira (2-3). A 1-2 defeat away at Al Sharjah before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wasl manager L. Reghecampf as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Khaleej.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 13 goals in 5 league games away this season. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wasl have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bani three wins, two draws and Al Wasl five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Virginio de Lima 8 goals |   S. Al Noobi 4 goals | N. Giménez 3 goals |
Bani Yas missing players
Al Wasl missing players
| Bani Yas | Al Wasl | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 48 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 39% | ||
| 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 Jazira | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Bani Yas | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Wasl | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
| 13 | Ajman | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -16 | 3 |
| 14 | Hatta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | -22 | 1 |