Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Emirates & Al Arabi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Presidents Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Emirates form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Home games in the Division 1 have been a walk in the park for Emirates so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. This match is a Presidents Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Emirates has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Emirates Club Stadium. We remember; it was Al Hamriyah.
Emirates are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Emirates Club Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals 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. Emirates are not conceding a lot of goals here at Emirates Club Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Arabi form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. When we have look at the Presidents Cup statistics, we find 1W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Arabi's last game was the home draw against Dibba Al Hisn (1-1).
The travelling fans enjoy Arabi's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches 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. Al Arabi have conceded 15 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Emirates wins - draws - Al Arabi wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Emirates missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Emirates | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 45 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 231 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 182 | ||
| 120 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 86 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| 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 |