National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Khorfakkan Club or Al Wasl that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Arabian Gulf Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Al Ain. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Khorfakkan Club form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Khorfakkan Club have to build on here at Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium in the Uae League.
Khorfakkan Club's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Bani Yas.
Before that match, a Arabian Gulf Cup win away at Al Dhafra.There will be little rest for Khorfakkan after this match as they are travelling to Al Jazira for a Uae League game in only four days.
The Khorfakkan Club fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Khorfakkan have conceded 7 goals.
Al Wasl form and stats
Wasl was sent out of Presidents Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Uae League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Wasl has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Ain for a Arabian Gulf Cup game that ended a draw (3-3). As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Ain was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Al Dhafra.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al Wasl manager Hellmann as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ajman.
Wasl are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Wasl have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - one - three (Khorfakkan Club wins - draws - Al Wasl wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Guimarães de Paula 4 goals | P. de Menezes Melo 4 goals |  M. Araújo Villar 3 goals |
Khorfakkan Club missing players
Al Wasl missing players
| Khorfakkan Club | Al Wasl | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Ain | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Al Sharjah | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Khorfakkan Club | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Ajman | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Bani Yas | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
| 14 | Emirates | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -18 | 1 |