Mutasim Abdullah (Dubai)
Before the end of the dust of the last round in the first round of the “ADNOC Professional League”, on which the curtain came down with the “Round 13” matches last Monday, the competition is going on in the “Second Round”, which starts quickly with the “Round 14” matches, which start Friday with matches Al-Ain and Ajman, Khorfakkan and Bani Yas, Al-Nasr and Al-Dhafra, Sharjah and Shabab Al-Ahly, and conclude tomorrow with the matches of Al-Bataeh and Ittihad Kalba, Dibba and Al-Jazira, and Al-Wahda and Al-Wasl.
Attention is focused on the “Summit Summit”, which brings together Sharjah, the “runner-up” of the first round, with 27 points, hosted by Shabab Al-Ahly, “the winter champion”, in an expected confrontation at the “King” stadium in the “Smiling Emirate”, and the match between the two teams was in the opening of the “first round”. It ended with Sharjah’s superiority, with goals from Luan Pereira and Alcacer.
Tomorrow’s match bears “the number 26” in the history of the two teams’ confrontations in the “Professional League”, where the “Forsan” excels with a total of 13 victories, compared to 6 victories for the “King”, while the result of the tie was decided by 6 other confrontations.
On paper, the conditions of the two teams seem similar, in view of the numbers of the “first round” and the point difference that separates the two teams at the level of the ranking, as “Al-Fursan” excels on the offensive level with 26 goals, to be the second strongest offensive line in the league, compared to 25 goals for Sharjah. While the latter conceded only 10 goals, the owners of the strongest line of defense, compared to 13 goals that were scored by the “Forsan”.
Among the ranks of the “king” Kaio Lucas and Alcacer, each with 6 goals, is the top scorer for the “king” in the league, while the “knights” must search for “alternative solutions”, in light of the team’s lack of efforts by 10 of its main elements due to varying circumstances, led by the quartet “Kartabia, Ahmed Nour, Salmeen, and Igor.
Away from the “leadership struggle”, the point difference ignites the “seventh” Al Ain match with 22 points, in front of its “fifth” guest Ajman. Against the victory of an orphan for Ajman, and a draw in 3 matches.
Khorfakkan and Bani Yas, in the upcoming confrontation at Saqr bin Muhammad Al Qasimi Stadium, sing “disengagement” on the 15 points that bring together the two teams in the “tenth” positions for “the Eagles” and “ninth” for “Al-Samawi”, and the two teams lost in the last round of the first round. In front of Al Wasl 0-3, and Al Wahda 0-1, respectively.
Al-Maktoum Stadium, the stronghold of Al-Nasr Club, hosts the “Summit of Escape from the Bottom”, which brings together “Al-Ameed”, who is ranked 12th with 8 points, in front of his 13th guest, Al-Dhafra, who has 7 points. The results of the first round put the two teams in a “difficult position”. After Al-Azraq finished the first half with the lowest score in the history of its participation in the Professional League, which was the same thing that Al-Fares repeated.
Friday matches
Al Ain – Ajman 17:15
Khor Fakkan – Baniyas 17:15
Al Nasr – Al Dhafra 20:00
Sharjah – Shabab Al-Ahly 20:00
Saturday matches
Al-Bataeh – Ittihad Kalba 17:15
Dibba – Al Jazeera 17:15
Al Wahda – Al Wasl 20:00
Diversity is the weapon of Al-Ahly youth
The 26 goals of Shabab Al-Ahly in the first round of the “ADNOC Professional League” were distributed between 13 players, and it is the team with the most number of goal scorers. And he lost the same in the last 4 league matches at home.
Laba and cities «password»
Al Ain relies in its match against its guest Ajman on the efforts of its top scorer, Laba Kodjo, who contributed to scoring 5 goals in the last 5 confrontations against the “Orange”, after he scored 3 goals, in exchange for his two goals, in return, the “Orange” relies on the Bahraini Ali Modan, who scored half of his goals. Eight in the professional league in the net Al Ain.
“The Sixth Ghost” haunts the “Brigadier General”
Al-Ameed hopes to achieve “victory” in its match against its guest Al Dhafra, to avoid failing not to win the sixth consecutive match at home in the league, and the “Blue” attack has 50 goals against Al Dhafra, which is the team that receives the most goals for Al-Nasr.
“heavenly” preference
5 meetings brought together Khorfakkan and Bani Yas in the Professional League, during which Al-Samawi won 3 times, compared to one victory for “Al-Nusour” and a draw in one match, and “Al-Samawi” scored 12 goals against “Al-Nusour”, compared to 7 goals for the latter in the League professionals.
