In a weekend match in week 17, on Sat Feb 26th, Al Sharjah will host Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. 4th placed Al Sharjah is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Al Wasl. Neither Al Wasl nor Al Sharjah could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Al Sharjah should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while shabab Al Ahli Dubai sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Al Urooba. Aal Abdulsalam scored the first goal for Al Urooba in the 13th minute, but Mehdi Ghaedi got the equalizer for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 20th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 64th minute on a goal by Cartabia. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Shabab Al Ahli Dubai should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Saturday Sep 18th, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai hosted Al Sharjah in their last match together. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won by a score of 4 to 3. Bernard struck first for Al Sharjah in the 1st minute on a feed from Luan Martins Pereira, but Mehdi Ghaedi got the equalizer for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 48th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 93rd minute on a goal by Mehdi Ghaedi.
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Cartabia and Mehdi Ghaedi each having 2 goals in their last 5. Al Sharjah’s most prolific scorer has been Ousmane Camara. The attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.