2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shaab | 15 | L1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8/15 | 12-11 |
| Al Fujairah | 9 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10/15 | 10-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shaab | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3 | DWDLL | 8 | -2 |
| Al Fujairah | 4 | 22 | 34 | 8 | LLLLW | 11 | -7 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-03-24
The table read 6th (Al Shaab, 28 pts) against 4th (Al Fujairah, 34 pts), 6 points apart. Al Fujairah ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Al Shaab were scoring 1.86 and conceding 1.73, Al Fujairah 1.73 and 1.36, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,073.
