Al Wahda will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Al Ain.
The hosts Al Wahda saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Presidents Cup. That game was an away game at Al Jazira, so at least Al Wahda are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Wahda form and stats
Al Wahda have collected 8 points from their Uae League home games so far after 2-2-1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager Manolo Jiménez led his Al Wahda to a defeat in the Presidents Cup match away at Al Jazira. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Hamdan Bin Zayed Stadium. Before that match, a Uae League win away at Al Ittihad Kalba.
The manager Manolo Jiménez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Sharjah in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Al Wahda are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Al Wahda are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).
Al Ain form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (24) in Uae League, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Uae League.
Al Ain play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Dibba Al Hisn. A loss against Al Dhafra was the result prior to that, in a Uae League home game.
Al Ain are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (16 goals from 5 away games). 6 goals have been conceded by Al Ain in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Al Wahda, 3 draws and 5 wins for Al Ain. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Tagliabúe 9 goals |   K. Laba 9 goals |  Carlitos López 5 goals |
Al Wahda missing players
Al Ain missing players
| Al Wahda | Al Ain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 123 | 59 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 81 | 144 |
| 47 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 30 | 59 |
| 43% | 52% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 53% | 41% |
- Al Ain has the most points from losing position (9)
- Al Ain has the most scored goals (16) away
- Al Ain has the most scored goals (24)
- Al Ain has the most scored goals in the second half (15)
- Al Ain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Ain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Al Wahda has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Al Wahda has the most matches over the total-line (8)
- Al Wahda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Wahda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Wahda have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Wahda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Wahda's home-matches have had more than 3,5 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 Sharjah | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Ain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Wahda | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Al Dhafra | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Ajman | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Al Fujairah | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 13 | Hatta | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 4 |