Football match preview: Al Urooba vs Al Dhafra

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Competition: United Arab Emirates Uae League
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Fujairah Stadium (10645 seats)

Al Urooba are opening their away dressing room to Al Dhafra for yet another crucial match following their 0-5 result vs 8th-placed Al Wasl.

Insights:
  • Al Urooba have the most conceded goals (32) in Uae League
  • Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

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.

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Al Urooba form and stats

Al Urooba's results here at Al-Fujairah Stadium in the Uae League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats. When Al Urooba hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Al Khaleej, Ajman, Al Urooba and Emirates), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Urooba are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Al Wasl. Urooba were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Urooba had a home game versus Emirates which ended with a victory 4-2.

A decent goal production from Urooba in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. As for conceded goals, Al Urooba's unpleasant statistic is 16 goals surrendered.

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Al Dhafra form and stats

There's been little loot from Al Dhafra's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Uae League. Al Dhafra only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. When Al Dhafra is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Al Khaleej, Ajman, Al Dhafra and Emirates is teams we like to compare Al Urooba with. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Al Dhafra are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There were no winners in Dhafra's previous match, a Uae League home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Nasr (placed 6th).

Prior to that match, the Dhafra manager Reis Micale faced defeat when travelling to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai and losing 0-1.

The visiting Dhafra have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Al Dhafra in these games. When Al Dhafra is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Al Khaleej, Ajman, Dhafra and Emirates.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Urooba wins - draws - Al Dhafra wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al DhafraM. Diop
M. Diop
5 goals
Al UroobaA. Madan
A. Madan
3 goals
UroobaS. Aal Abdulsalam
S. Aal Abdulsalam
3 goals

Al Urooba missing players

Al Dhafra missing players

Al Urooba Al Dhafra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 6 12
1 1 1 Won W 2 2 2
4 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
7 2 1 Lost L 1 4 7
13 11 5 Scored S 6 6 12
32 16 6 Conceded C 4 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
67% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
58% 83% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 25%
42% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 8%
42% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 67% 42%
 
4 2.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.3
6.2 7.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7 7.2
2 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.2 8.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 6.7 7.1
3.2 3.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.2 2.2
34% 55% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 46% 44%
 
13.2 14.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15 14.7
5.6 5.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.3 6.8 6.8
Key stats in Uae League this season:
  • Al Dhafra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Al Dhafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Urooba have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Al Urooba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Al Urooba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Al Urooba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Urooba have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have the most conceded goals (32) in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Uae League
  • Al Urooba have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Al Urooba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Al Urooba's home-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 Ain 12 9 3 0 28 10 6 5 1 0 13 4 6 4 2 0 15 6 18 30
2 Al Wahda 12 5 6 1 22 8 5 2 3 0 9 3 7 3 3 1 13 5 14 21
3 Al Jazira 12 6 2 4 19 15 7 6 0 1 15 8 5 0 2 3 4 7 4 20
4 Al Sharjah 12 6 2 4 20 19 6 4 0 2 9 9 6 2 2 2 11 10 1 20
5 Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 12 5 5 2 13 12 5 4 1 0 9 5 7 1 4 2 4 7 1 20
6 Al Nasr 12 5 3 4 23 16 5 2 2 1 11 6 7 3 1 3 12 10 7 18
7 Al Ittihad Kalba 12 4 6 2 13 11 6 2 4 0 6 4 6 2 2 2 7 7 2 18
8 Al Wasl 12 4 5 3 16 12 6 2 2 2 9 6 6 2 3 1 7 6 4 17
9 Bani Yas 12 4 3 5 16 17 7 3 1 3 11 8 5 1 2 2 5 9 -1 15
10 Ajman 12 4 3 5 12 14 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 1 1 4 4 9 -2 15
11 Al Khaleej 12 4 3 5 16 19 7 3 1 3 9 8 5 1 2 2 7 11 -3 15
12 Al Dhafra 12 2 3 7 12 18 6 0 3 3 6 10 6 2 0 4 6 8 -6 9
13 Al Urooba 12 1 4 7 13 32 6 1 3 2 11 16 6 0 1 5 2 16 -19 7
14 Emirates 12 0 2 10 10 30 6 0 2 4 3 12 6 0 0 6 7 18 -20 2