Al Ain have travelled here for an exciting duel versus the home side Al Sharjah. Get smart on the game with this thorough Uae League preview!
- Al Ain have the most scored goals (11) 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.
Al Sharjah form and stats
Al Sharjah's first Uae League home game here at Sharjah Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Sharjah, who won 1-0 against Al Nasr (placed 14th).
In the match before, 0-0 away to Al Sadd (AFC Champions League).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al Faysali are coming to town in four days.
Al Sharjah has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Ain form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Uae League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches.
196 minutes! That's how long the Al Ain goalkeeper Khalid Essa Mohamed Bilal Saeed and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Laba, Rahimi (2), Nader and Santos scored in Ain's previous match, the home game against Ajman that ended 6-0. As you can tell from the results above, Al Ain was very dominant against Ajman, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Laba, Rahimi (2), Nader and Santos providing the goals.
Before that, the AFC Champions League win away at Pakhtakor.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ain has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Al Sharjah won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Al Ain got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Laba 3 goals |   L. Martins Pereira 2 goals | C. Lucas Fernandes 2 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Al Ain missing players
| Al Sharjah | Al Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 8.3 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 19.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 7.7 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 48% |
| 11.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 9.7 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Al Ain have the most scored goals (11) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Uae League
- Al Ain have the the best goal difference (+9) in Uae League
| Al Sharjah | Last season | Al Ain | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 31 | 67 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 65% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 42% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 77% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 35% | ||
| 31% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 69% | ||
| 50% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | ||
| 7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Al Wasl | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Al Jazira | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Al Sharjah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Bataeh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Al Khaleej | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Ajman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 1 |
| 13 | Hatta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Nasr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 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 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 57 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 54 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 22 | 52 |
| 4 | Al Wasl | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 47 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Ajman | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Al Sharjah | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 33 |
| 9 | Al Nasr | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -16 | 27 |
| 10 | Al Khaleej | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 11 | Bani Yas | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -12 | 24 |
| 12 | Al Bataeh | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -27 | 21 |
| 13 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -24 | 20 |
| 14 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 37 | -38 | 12 |
