Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Al Ain in 5th and Al Ittihad Kalba in 6th place.
- Al Ain has the most points from losing position (7) in Uae League
- Al Ittihad Kalba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Al Ain and Al Ittihad Kalba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has grass, which is not Al Ittihad Kalba's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Al Ittihad Kalba have performed like this: Played 42 matches resulting in 8 wins, 16 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 48-65 (scored/conceded).
Al Ain form and stats
Overall Uae League stats at home this season for Al Ain are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Ain are returning here after visiting Al Nasr in a Uae League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Rafael Pereira scored the goal(s). In the match before that, Ain hosted Ajman and drew the game 0-0.
Bandar Al Ahbabi was on the receiving end of a red card in the Ain-Al Nasr match, being sent off in the 23rd minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory.
Al Ain have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Al Ain have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
Playing away, Al Ittihad Kalba have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Uae League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Ittihad on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Ittihad's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Wahda that finished 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Khaleej at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The visiting Al Ittihad Kalba have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Al Ain victories, two draws and zero Al Ittihad Kalba wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 4 goals |   P. Mlapa 4 goals |  A. Fernándes da Silva Vitoria 3 goals |
Al Ain missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Al Ain | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 15.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 36% | 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 22% |
- Al Ain has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Uae League
- Al Ain has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Uae League
- Al Ain has the most points from losing position (7) in Uae League
- Al Ain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Ittihad Kalba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Bani Yas | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Wahda | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Wasl | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Al Khaleej | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
| 13 | Ajman | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -16 | 3 |
| 14 | Hatta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | -22 | 1 |