In a weekend match in week 10, on Saturday Nov 12th, Dibba Al Fujairah plays host to Al Bataeh in a meeting of these two closely matched 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. Dibba Al Fujairah sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Al Wahda. João Pedro struck first for Al Wahda in the 35th minute, then João Pedro added another in the 66th minute on a feed from Pizzi In the end, Dibba Al Fujairah couldn’t muster any offence and Al Wahda ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while al Bataeh sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz struck first for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 10th minute on a feed from Abdulla Jamil, then Yuri Cesar added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Al Naqbi In the end, Al Bataeh was frustrated by Shabab Al Ahli Dubai’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Bataeh 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.
Al Bataeh’s most prolific scorer has been Lourency. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.