Experts' prediction: Al Wahda set to get maximum points from Al Dhafra visit

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Uae League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Dhafra Stadium

Both Al Dhafra and Al Wahda are aching for points in this match, in spite of the guesting team having a 29 point lead so far.

Insights:
  • Al Dhafra have the most conceded goals (49) in Uae League
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Uae League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Dhafra form and stats

Al Dhafra's struggle is real here at Al Dhafra Stadium with only 7 points collected from 9 Uae League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Al Dhafra Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Dibba Al Fujairah game.

Dhafra experienced an unpredictable defeat 0-3 against Al Wahda in their previous game, also played at home.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Al Bataeh (after extra-time) that finished 1-1.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Al Wahda to win. Let's see if Al Dhafra are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 7 games found revealing 0 Al Dhafra wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Al Dhafra aren't scoring a lot here at Al Dhafra Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dhafra defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Al Dhafra hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Al Bataeh, Dibba Al Fujairah, Bani Yas and Al Nasr), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Al Wahda form and stats

Al Wahda have an excellent away record in the Uae League so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games. Al Wahda are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Wahda play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Al Dhafra (placed 14th).

A 0-3 loss hosting Al Ain (after extra-time) before that.

Al Wahda are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Wahda as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all finished as Al Wahda victories. Another one?

Al Wahda - Al Dhafra 4-2 was the end result in these teams' previous H2H match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Al WahdaJ. Pereira dos Santos
J. Pereira dos Santos
11 goals
Al WahdaS. Tagliabúe
S. Tagliabúe
5 goals
DhafraT. De Leonco
T. De Leonco
3 goals

Al Dhafra missing players

Al Wahda missing players

Al Dhafra Al Wahda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
2 2 1 Won W 3 8 12
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
16 7 2 Lost L 0 1 4
16 8 4 Scored S 6 19 38
52 19 8 Conceded C 0 6 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 70%
55% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 60%
40% 20% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 35%
35% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
45% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 70% 45%
55% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
3.3 2.9 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.5 6
6.2 6.5 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 3
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.3 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7 6.9 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.3 11.7
2.1 2.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.1 4.8
37% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 37% 40%
 
11.2 10.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.6 7
5.3 4.8 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 2.8 2.5
Key stats in Uae League this season:
  • Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Dhafra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Al Dhafra have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra have the most conceded goals (49) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Wahda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Al Wahda have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Al Wahda have scored more than double the goals of Al Dhafra.
  • Al Wahda have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Uae League
  • Al Wahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 20 14 3 3 42 19 10 7 1 2 20 9 10 7 2 1 22 10 23 45
2 Al Ain 19 12 4 3 51 23 9 6 2 1 28 10 10 6 2 2 23 13 28 40
3 Al Wasl 19 11 6 2 37 19 10 5 4 1 22 10 9 6 2 1 15 9 18 39
4 Al Wahda 19 11 4 4 35 20 10 4 3 3 19 14 9 7 1 1 16 6 15 37
5 Al Sharjah 19 10 5 4 36 15 9 3 3 3 15 8 10 7 2 1 21 7 21 35
6 Al Jazira 19 10 3 6 36 26 10 5 2 3 17 12 9 5 1 3 19 14 10 33
7 Ajman 19 10 3 6 29 29 9 5 2 2 16 11 10 5 1 4 13 18 0 33
8 Al Ittihad Kalba 19 7 4 8 26 30 10 5 0 5 16 18 9 2 4 3 10 12 -4 25
9 Al Khaleej 20 5 6 9 23 31 10 5 2 3 16 13 10 0 4 6 7 18 -8 21
10 Bani Yas 20 5 4 11 25 34 10 2 2 6 11 16 10 3 2 5 14 18 -9 19
11 Al Bataeh 19 4 5 10 24 41 10 0 4 6 13 28 9 4 1 4 11 13 -17 17
12 Al Nasr 19 4 5 10 16 33 10 4 1 5 9 11 9 0 4 5 7 22 -17 17
13 Dibba Al Fujairah 20 2 2 16 13 40 9 0 1 8 5 18 11 2 1 8 8 22 -27 8
14 Al Dhafra 19 2 2 15 16 49 9 2 1 6 8 16 10 0 1 9 8 33 -33 8