Al Ain vs Sharjah: decisive quarter-final matches. Al Ain hosts Sharjah at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium at 19:30. Al Ain is the favorite after winning the first leg 3-1, and also due to major injuries in Sharjah's squad, which has lost 11 players to national and Olympic team call-ups. Despite this, Sharjah enters the match with high morale after a valuable win in the AFC Champions League Elite against Saudi title-holders Al Ahli, which gives them extra confidence. Al Ain, in turn, must exercise caution and prove it deserves a place in the semi-finals. Today's match will be the seventh between the teams in the UAE President's Cup, with Al Ain holding three wins to Sharjah's one, while two matches ended in a draw.
Al Nassr vs Shabab Al Ahli: a match for title hopes. Al Nassr hosts Shabab Al Ahli at Al Maktoum Stadium at 16:40 in the second leg of the quarter-final. Shabab Al Ahli is playing under the 'compensation' slogan, hoping for a victory that will revive its hopes of competing for the title this season. The team was eliminated from the UAE President's Cup and is lagging in the league, sitting in 7th place with 11 points. In the first leg, Shabab Al Ahli won 2-1, putting Al Nassr in a difficult position to turn the tie around. Shabab Al Ahli has an excellent home record, having lost only once in its last 11 matches at Al Maktoum Stadium. Shabab Al Ahli also intends to settle the match, not relying solely on the first leg's result. The head-to-head history shows a slight advantage for Shabab Al Ahli: in 14 encounters, the team has won 6 times, Al Nassr 5 times, and 3 matches ended in a draw, with a high average of goals per game.
