In this week 25 match on the 22nd of May, Al Ittihad Kalba hosts Khor Fakkan at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 10th placed Al Ittihad Kalba is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Wahda. Fábio Martins struck first for Al Wahda in the 28th minute on a feed from João Pedro, then João Pedro added another in the 39th minute In the end, Al Ittihad Kalba couldn’t muster any offence and Al Wahda ran away with the shutout win. Al Ittihad Kalba looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while khor Fakkan is fresh off their 2-1 win against Al Jazira. Raphael Guimaraes de Paula struck first for Khor Fakkan in the 10th minute on a penalty shot, then Hermann Niava Behiratche tied it up for Al Jazira in the 64th minute on a penalty shot. Khor Fakkan looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Fri Dec 31st, Al Ittihad Kalba took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Omar Ahmed Rashed Alkhaddeim Al Antali scored the first goal for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 42nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Khor Fakkan couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittihad Kalba took the shutout win.
Guimaraes de Paula has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Khor Fakkan. Both Peniel Kokou Mlapa and Robert Žulj have been the hottest scorers for Al Ittihad Kalba in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.