In a weekend match in week 12, on Fri Dec 31st, Al Sharjah and Emirates will play a match in Ras al-Khaimah in a clash of the UAE League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Emirates is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Al Urooba. Aal Abdulsalam struck first for Al Urooba in the 15th minute on a feed from Ahmed Khamis Rabei, then in the 29th minute, Mohammad Bilal sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Joseph Gnadou , but luckily for Al Urooba it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 2 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Al Sharjah, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Bani Yas. Caio scored the first goal for Al Sharjah in the 31st minute, then Majid Rashid added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni In the end, Bani Yas couldn’t muster any offence and Al Sharjah ran away with the shutout win. Al Sharjah is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Emirates and Al Sharjah battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Emirates nor Al Sharjah could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 3 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
For Al Sharjah, their top scorers are Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni and Caio, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Mohammed Zakaria has been the most prolific scorer on Emirates in the last 5 matches with two goals.