National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shabab Al Ahli Dubai or Hatta that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats
Last season their Presidents Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Uae League, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Shabab drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Sharjah. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Ajman.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 12 goals in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Hatta form and stats
They also participated in Presidents Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hatta playing as the away team in the Uae League this season. Hatta are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Al Ittihad Kalba fixture. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on C. Kontis, the Hatta manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Uae League home defeat versus Al Khaleej with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A 0-2 defeat away at Al Jazira before that.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Hatta in their fight with Al Khaleej last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Late heartbreak for Hatta in the Al Khaleej match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
Goals are few and far between in Hatta's away league games. Only 0 goals from 5 travels. The Hatta manager C. Kontis has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Shabab wins - draws - Hatta wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Al Hammadi 3 goals |  A. Al Junaibi 2 goals |  W. Hussain Hassan Abdulla 1 goals |
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players
Hatta missing players
| Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | Hatta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 52% | ||
| 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 | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | ||
| 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 |