In this week 1 match on the 2nd of September, Al Bataeh and Al Ittihad Kalba will play a match in Kalba in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 33 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Ittihad Kalba has not played yet this season, and neither has Al Bataeh.
Al Ittihad Kalba is starting their season after ending last season at 10th place, while Al Bataeh is starting their season on a positive note having just been promoted.