National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Emirates or Al Ittihad Kalba that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
8-16-19 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Al Ittihad Kalba when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 43 matches are 50-68 (scored/conceded).
Emirates form and stats
Emirates participated in Presidents Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Division 1 for Emirates at their home stadium (Emirates Club Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. This match is a Presidents Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Ever since the Al Hamriyah game Emirates has been unbeatable here at Emirates Club Stadium producing eight straight wins. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Emirates has won their last four matches.
Emirates has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ittihad Kalba in their Uae League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ittihad, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Al Ittihad Kalba's last game was the home draw against Al Nasr (3-3). Preceding that game was the away Uae League victory against Al Dhafra with the score of 2-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Al Ittihad Kalba, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The draw against Al Nasr came from a losing position. The Ittihad manager J. da Silva Echeverrito brought on Mansoor Al Baloushi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Ittihad have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Al Ittihad Kalba as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - one - two (Emirates wins - draws - Al Ittihad Kalba wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Emirates missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Emirates | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 45 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 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 | Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Masafi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Bataeh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Dibba Al Hisn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Hamriyah | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Al-Taawon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Arabi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Urooba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Thaid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Masfut | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Al Sharjah | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Al Jazira | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Bani Yas | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 4 |
| 13 | Ajman | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 2 |
| 14 | Hatta | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | -18 | 1 |