In this week 11 match on Dec 25th, Al Ain hosts Al Nasr at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in a clash of the UAE League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Al Ain is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Al Wasl. Michel Daryl Araujo Villar scored the first goal for Al Wasl in the 5th minute, but Laba got the equalizer for Al Ain in the 19th minute . With 19 points in their last 10 matches Al Ain should be reasonably happy with their performance, while al Nasr is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Al Wahda. Neither Al Nasr nor Al Wahda could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 2 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Al Nasr should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 10th of January, Al Ain and Al Nasr battled to a 1-1 draw. Ahmed Theyab Al Falahi scored the first goal for Al Ain on an own goal in the 26th minute, then Antonio Jose Pinheiro de Carvalho got the equalizer for Al Nasr in the 82nd minute on a feed from Álvaro Negredo squeezing out at least the one point for Al Nasr.
Al Nasr’s top weapon lately has been Pinheiro de Carvalho, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Al Ain.