Al Dhafra and Al Ittihad Kalba have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Uae League.
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!
Dhafra's stadium, Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan 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; 7 wins, 17 draws and 19 losses from 43 matches. They have scored 49 goals in these games and conceded 68.
Al Dhafra form and stats
Perfect Uae League season at home so far for Al Dhafra 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Al Dhafra supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Al Khaleej in Uae League and win 2-0. Preceding that match was the home Arabian Gulf Cup game against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai that was lost 0-3.
The manager V. Rašović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Wahda in only four days.
Al Dhafra are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (9 goals in 3 games). From these home matches, Dhafra have conceded only 2 goals.
Al Ittihad Kalba form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Uae League away games so far for Al Ittihad Kalba with six points collected from three matches.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ittihad goalkeeper Jamal Abdallah Ali is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Al Ittihad Kalba play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Bani Yas (placed 6th). Before that, Ittihad travelled to Al Jazira and returned home with a draw after the Arabian Gulf Cup game finished 1-1.
After this away game Ittihad return home for a Uae League game against Al Nasr. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ittihad have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Ittihad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Dhafra, two draws and two wins for Al Ittihad Kalba. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Al Bakhet 3 goals |  S. Al Mansoori 2 goals |   A. Fernándes da Silva Vitoria 2 goals |
Al Dhafra missing players
Al Ittihad Kalba missing players
| Al Dhafra | Al Ittihad Kalba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 31 | 59 |
| 19 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 58% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 18% |
- Al Dhafra have scored more than double the goals of Al Ittihad Kalba.
- Al Dhafra have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Dhafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ittihad Kalba has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Uae League
- Al Ittihad Kalba has the most matches under the total-line (6) in Uae League
- Al Ittihad Kalba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Dhafra's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Bani Yas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Al Dhafra | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | Al Wasl | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Fujairah | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Ajman | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 2 |
| 13 | Al Khaleej | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
| 14 | Hatta | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -15 | 1 |