On Saturday May 21st, Al Sharjah will host Emirates at Al-sharjah Stadium in a meeting of these two UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Sharjah sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Bani Yas. Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Al Sharjah in the 4th minute, then Caio added another in the 18th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bani Yas couldn’t manage to score, and Al Sharjah took the shutout win. Al Sharjah looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while emirates is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Al Urooba. Ali Madan scored the first goal for Al Urooba in the 52nd minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Emirates couldn’t manage to score, and Al Urooba took the shutout win. Emirates looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match on Friday Dec 31st, Emirates and Al Sharjah battled to a 2-2 draw. struck first for Emirates in the 6th minute, but Luan Martins Pereira got the equalizer for Al Sharjah in the 29th minute .
Walid Sabbar has been the most prolific scorer on Emirates in his last five matches with two goals. Al Sharjah is fortunate enough to have Caio in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals.