On Friday Mar 4th, in week 18, Al Jazira will play host to Al Sharjah in a clash of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. Al Jazira sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Emirates. Kosanovic struck first for Al Jazira in the 37th minute, then Abdoulay Diaby added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al Hajeri In the end, Emirates was frustrated by Al Jazira’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Jazira ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Jazira is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Sharjah recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni struck first for Al Sharjah in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Shabab Al Ahli Dubai couldn’t manage to score, and Al Sharjah took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Al Sharjah should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sep 24th, Al Sharjah hosted Al Jazira at the Al-sharjah Stadium in their last match together. Al Sharjah was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Al Hajeri struck first for Al Jazira in the 2nd minute, but Mohamed Bawazir got the equalizer for Al Sharjah in the 82nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 86th minute on a goal by Ben Malango to cap off a wild match.
Ousmane Camara has been the most effective weapon for Al Sharjah lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Al Jazira’s top weapon lately has been Abdoulay Diaby, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.