Al Wasl are enjoying their stay in the top table positions while Al Bataeh are more nervous about staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?
- Al Wasl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Bataeh have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
It's no vacation for neither Wasl nor Al Bataeh as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Wasl form and stats
Al Wasl have played 8 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Al Wasl has recorded two wins in a row here at Zabeel Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Al Wasl supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Al Bataeh and win 3-1. de Lima has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Impressive!
Before that one, a nice away win at Al Fujairah. A Presidents Cup match. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Wasl home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goal fest? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has had three goals or more.
Goals decide football matches and Al Wasl are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 8 league matches. Wasl have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Al Bataeh form and stats
As the visiting team in Uae League matches, Al Bataeh have produced an overall stat of 4-1-3 so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from Al Bataeh as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Al Wasl. Which player has scored four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Rodrigues and that is quite the accomplishment!
Before that, 3-3 away against Al Ittihad Kalba (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in the Presidents Cup.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Bataeh have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Al Bataeh in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the match result Al Wasl - Al Bataeh 3-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Al Wasl two wins, zero draws and Al Bataeh zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. Chancalay loves to meet Al Bataeh and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Virginio de Lima 13 goals |   L. do Nascimento Rodrigues 7 goals |  T. Chancalay 5 goals |
Al Wasl missing players
Al Bataeh missing players
| Al Wasl | Al Bataeh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 30 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 73% | 88% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 73% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 73% | 75% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 20% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 39% | 51% | 73% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 9.8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.4 | 13.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
- Al Bataeh have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Bataeh have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Bataeh haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Wasl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Wasl have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Wasl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Wasl'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 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Sharjah | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Wasl | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Ain | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Jazira | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Ajman | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Khorfakkan Club | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Bataeh | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -16 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Nasr | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Dhafra | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -27 | 7 |
| 14 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -24 | 4 |
