On the 31st of December, Al Wahda will host Al Jazira in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams in the ever popular Abu Dhabi derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Al Wahda is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Al Ittihad Kalba. Omar Khribin scored the first goal for Al Wahda in the 18th minute, then Ousmane Camara tied it up for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 75th minute But luckily in the 81st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Al Wahda should be reasonably happy with their performance, while al Jazira sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Khor Fakkan. Abdoulay Diaby scored the first goal for Al Jazira in the 25th minute, then Ahmed Fawzi added another in the 41st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Khor Fakkan couldn’t manage to score, and Al Jazira took the shutout win. Al Jazira is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 6th, Al Wahda hosted Al Jazira in their last match together. Al Jazira was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Omar Abdulrahman scored the first goal for Al Jazira in the 30th minute, then Milos Kosanovic added another in the 33rd minute In the end, Al Wahda couldn’t muster any offence and Al Jazira ran away with the shutout win.
Al Jazira is fortunate enough to have Abdoulay Diaby in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Both João Pedro and Fábio Martins have been the hottest scorers for Al Wahda in the last five each having scored 2 goals.