Week 2 brings us a match on Sep 9th, where Al Bataeh hosts Al Wasl in a meeting of these two closely matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Bataeh is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Al Ittihad Kalba. Lourency scored the first goal for Al Bataeh in the 7th minute, then João Novais added another in the 9th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Al Ittihad Kalba couldn’t muster any offence and Al Bataeh ran away with the shutout win. Al Bataeh is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while al Wasl sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Al Wahda. João Pedro struck first for Al Wahda in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Alzaabi, then in the 64th minute, Gabrielzinho sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Oliveira Souza Junior . Al Wasl looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Oliveira Souza Junior has been the most effective weapon for Al Wasl lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. João Novais and Lourency are the top scorers for Al Bataeh in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.