About Match
City go into the game 11th in the table on 3 points; Al Arabi sit 1st on 9 — a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: City 1.33 scored and 2.67 conceded per game, Al Arabi 3.67 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.64. Victory would move City to 6 points and up to 3rd, with other results unchanged.
Al Arabi have won three straight. From the last five rounds, City hold 3 points of 15 and Al Arabi 12.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by City, 3 by Al Arabi, 1 drawn, at 4.6 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match takes place at The Sevens Stadium in Dubayy (capacity 50,000).