In this week 19 match, on Saturday Mar 12th, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will play host to Al Wasl in a UAE League match in the anticipated Dubai derby. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is fresh off their 3-1 win against Al Wahda. Gustavo Silva de Oliveira struck first for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 25th minute, then Thomas Lehne Olsen added another in the 31st minute on a penalty kick. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Wasl recorded a 1-1 draw against Al Ittihad Kalba. Ahmed struck first for Al Wasl in the 63rd minute, then Mohammed tied it up for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 77th minute earning them at least the one point. Al Wasl is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 28th of September, Al Wasl hosted Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in their last match together. Al Wasl was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Araujo Villar struck first for Al Wasl in the 72nd minute on a feed from William Pottker, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Shabab Al Ahli Dubai couldn’t manage to score, and Al Wasl took the shutout win.
Al Wasl hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Michel Daryl Araujo Villar and Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior, and they each have 1 goal. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai’s most prolific scorer has been Lehne Olsen. The Norwegian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.