Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Al Ain U21 2nd on 52, Bani Yas U21 10th on 25. Al Ain U21 ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Al Ain U21 were scoring 2.27 and conceding 1.19, Bani Yas U21 1.35 and 1.81, against a competition average of 1.79 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Al Ain U21, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Al Ain U21 held 13 points of 15 and Bani Yas U21 6.
The match was played at Sheikh Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi (capacity 43,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.