This promises to be quite the exciting contest at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in the Uae League. Al Ain is in 1st position and receive Al Ittihad Kalba in 9th place. Read all about the match here!
- Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+5) in Uae League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ain's stadium, Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, has a grass surface. Al Ittihad Kalba have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Ittihad Kalba when playing on grass; 9 wins, 14 draws and 16 losses from 39 matches. They have scored 42 goals in these games and conceded 54.
Al Ain form and stats
The hosts won their first Uae League game here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Ain last season were 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 13 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Ain, as their goalkeeper Khalid Essa Mohamed Bilal Saeed has completely shut out the opponents for 222 minutes in the Uae League.
A good away victory last time out for Al Ain, who won 1-0 against Bani Yas (placed 11th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Emirates in a game that was won 2-0.At Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Uae League ended in defeat. Last season Al Ittihad Kalba had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 6, drew 2 and lost 5.
Al Ittihad Kalba played 1-1 against Ajman in their previous match.
A draw for Ittihad before that, at their own venue hosting Al Jazira (0-0).It's early days yet, but Al Ittihad Kalba has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Al Ain won six games, four matches ended with a tie and Al Ittihad Kalba got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  F. Laba 4 goals |  Y. Meriah 1 goals | K. Autonne 1 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Al Ain | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 7.7 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 9.3 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 35% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
- Al Ain have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+5) in Uae League
| Al Ain | Last season | Al Ittihad Kalba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 29 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 85% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 73% | ||
| 54% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 69% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 31% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 38% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Ajman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Wasl | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Nasr | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Khorfakkan Club | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Bani Yas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Al Urooba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Bani Yas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 54 |
| 3 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Al Sharjah | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Al Ain | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 41 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 40 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -10 | 39 |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Khorfakkan Club | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -15 | 25 |
| 11 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 58 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 34 | -27 | 21 |
| 12 | Ajman | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 34 | -33 | 18 |
| 13 | Al Fujairah | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 57 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 30 | -26 | 15 |
| 14 | Hatta | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 24 | -31 | 12 |