Emirati Pro League Numbers: A Five-Rround Deep Dive into Team Power, Defense, and Finishing
28 septembre 2025
Overview of the UAE Pro League after five rounds
In a snapshot of collective and individual numbers, the ADNOC Pro League is revealing the competition’s intensity and the offensive and defensive strength of clubs after five rounds.
Al Ain sits atop the table with 13 points from four wins and a single draw, scoring ten goals while conceding just four.
Al Wahda occupies second place on 11 points, boasting a solid defense that has conceded only two goals—second only to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, who’ve allowed just one.
Al Khawar Kaw? (Khorfakkan) is third with ten points, tied with Shabab Al Ahli and Al Wasl, while Al Dhafra and Ajman each sit on nine, signaling a competitive start to the season.
Finishing efficiency and shooting accuracy
On the attacking side, Khorfakkan leads with a 24.2% conversion rate, scoring 8 goals from 29 shots, ahead of Al Dhafra’s 20.4% (10 goals from 40 attempts). Al Ain sits third at 15.6%.
Bani Yas has yet to score after five rounds, the least productive in front of goal; Al Bataeh posts the best shooting accuracy at 68% from 25 attempts (including 17 on target), followed by Al Dhafra at 55%. Al Nasr sits at 30% from 40 attempts, the lowest among those mentioned for finishing quality.
Goal distribution shows teams leaning on second-half bursts, with Khorfakkan scoring seven second-half goals (all of them in the second half, i.e., 100%), and Ajman adding three second-half goals. Al Ain tallies about 60% of its goals after the break, while Shabab Al Ahli relies more on first-half goals at roughly 75%.
Defensively, Al Jazira stands out for conceding very few chances, while Al Wahda and Shabab Al Ahli are among the strongest backlines; Al Ain and Shabab Al Ahli have faced the fewest opening-minute chances overall in the dataset.
In terms of distribution and progression, Al Wasl leads passing accuracy at 87.6% from 2,293 completed passes, ahead of Shabab Al Ahli at 86.4%. Dibba Al Fujairah trails with 75.7%. In the attacking third, Shabab Al Ahli registers 80.6% success in the opponent’s half, followed closely by Al Ain at 80.1%, while Dibba Fujairah sits at 57% overall accuracy.
In the third of the field, Wasl’s 495 successful passes mark the strongest performance, with Ajman and Dibba Fujairah trailing the pack at 46.8% success in the final third.
Across the five rounds, the fifth and final round before the break saw visitors asserting themselves with four away wins, two at home, and one draw, totaling 18 goals. Notably, Khurfakan’s comeback over Kalba (4-2) marked only the second time in league history that Kalba erased a two-goal deficit to win late in the game.
Meanwhile, Al Wahda beat Al Jazira 1-0, continuing a long unbeaten run in the league, and Al Ain defeated Shabab Al Ahli 1-0. Al Wasl edged Sharjah 2-1, with Fabio Lima notching his 13th league goal, while Dibba Al Fujairah and Al Dhafra produced a 3-1 result for the latter. Al Dhafra also posted nine points after five rounds, and Ajman beat Bani Yas 1-0, leaving Bani Yas without a goal after five rounds—their unfortunate stat line so far.
Punchline 1: If stats had a sense of humor, they’d tell you the defense is so tight even my GPS can’t find a hole. Punchline 2: And if the finish was a bakery, these teams would be selling knockouts and croissants—crisply delivered at the last minute.
