Uae League: Top-drawer against second-rate, at least based on the league table. Al Sharjah - Al Dhafra. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Al Sharjah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sharjah Stadium as Al Sharjah have scored 11 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Uae League are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sharjah Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Adel Mohamed Ali Mohamed Al Hosani not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.
Happy days for Al Sharjah in their previous game, a fixture away at Al Ittihad Kalba (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Al Sharjah are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
The manager Olăroiu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Wasl in only four days.
Al Sharjah have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sharjah Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Sharjah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Dhafra form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Dhafra's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Uae League. Al Dhafra only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
A 1-1 draw at Al Urooba's stadium before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Al Dhafra played away with similar odds. This revealed eight games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
As opposed to that, Al Dhafra have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged result involving both these sides is the Al Dhafra - Sharjah 0-1 played not long ago this season. Al Sharjah-Al Dhafra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sharjah six wins, Al Dhafra three wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Lucas Fernandes 6 goals | B. Malango Ngita 6 goals |   M. Diop 5 goals |
Al Sharjah missing players
Al Dhafra missing players
| Al Sharjah | Al Dhafra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 77% |
| 64% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 54% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 38% |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 41% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 43% |
| 8.9 | 9.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.3 | 13.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
- Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Dhafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sharjah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Sharjah have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Sharjah 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 | Al Ain | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Al Sharjah | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Bani Yas | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Ajman | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Khorfakkan Club | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Dhafra | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | Al Urooba | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -21 | 8 |
| 14 | Emirates | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 5 |
