Week 20 brings us a match on Apr 5th, where Al Ain will host Al Wasl at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in a meeting of these two UAE League teams. Al Ain is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Al Wahda. Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba struck first for Al Ain in the 82nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Wahda couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ain took the shutout win. Al Ain is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Al Wasl recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Al Nasr. Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior scored the first goal for Al Wasl in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Nasr couldn’t manage to score, and Al Wasl took the shutout win. Al Wasl is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Al Wasl and Al Ain last played eachother at the Zabeel Stadium on Jan 4th. Al Ain was victorious by a score of 4 to 3. Cristian Guanca scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 5th minute, but Jonathan Santos got the equalizer for Al Wasl on an own goal in the 14th minute , but fortunately for Al Ain it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Al Wasl is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ahmed and Oliveira Souza Junior each having 2 goals in their last five. Al Ain’s most prolific scorer has been Laba. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.