Bani Yas will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Shabab Al Ahli Dubai.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Bani Yas form and stats
Bani Yas have played 7 Uae League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Bani Yas's previous game was a Presidents Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Bani Yas lost 0-3 at Al Wahda's place.
Bani Yas has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Bani Yas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Uae League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Uae League.
Two away games in a row for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Bani Yas in the Presidents Cup. A loss against Al Hilal was the result prior to that, in a AFC Champions League home game.
A new game in only four days for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, the AFC Champions League home match versus Padideh Khorasan. Busy days.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shabab Al Ahli Dubai - Bani Yas 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bani Yas victories, two draws and five Shabab Al Ahli Dubai wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Junaibi 8 goals | L. da Silva Souza 6 goals |   L. de Souza Soares 4 goals |
Bani Yas missing players
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai missing players
| Bani Yas | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 33 |
| 23 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 88% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 88% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 44% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 19% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 31% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 71% | 56% |
| 31% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 19% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 156 | 71 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 69 | 200 |
| 57 | 22 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 27 | 82 |
| 32% | 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 40% |
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the most clean sheets (9)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Al Wahda | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Al Sharjah | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Dhafra | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Al Nasr | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Wasl | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Bani Yas | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Ajman | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad Kalba | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | Hatta | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Fujairah | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 9 |