It's game day two of the Uae League season and important points to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of Al Dhafra-Al Sharjah!
Al Dhafra and Al Sharjah 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.
Al Dhafra form and stats
In the previous season, Al Dhafra's league statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, results that produced 11th spot in the Uae League. During these 26 matches they scored 31 goals and gave away 58. Playing as the host team in the last season Al Dhafra produced 5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 24 conceded.
Dhafra lost their last game at Al Jazira (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Dhafra lost 1-2 at Al Wasl's place.Al Sharjah form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Sharjah performed last season in the Uae League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 20/16 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing from Bernard secured the home win 1-0 against Al Ittihad Kalba in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Bernard scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Al Ittihad Kalba.
Prior to that match, the Sharjah manager A. Al Anberi faced defeat when travelling to Al Ittihad Kalba and losing 0-1.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Dhafra four wins, one draw and Al Sharjah five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
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Al Dhafra missing players
Al Sharjah missing players
| Al Dhafra | Al Sharjah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Al Dhafra | Last season | Al Sharjah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 58 | 24 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 81% | ||
| 69% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 23% | ||
| 31% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 23% | ||
| 73% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 62% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 15% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 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 Wahda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Ajman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Sharjah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Wasl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Khorfakkan Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Al Nasr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Urooba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 |