In this 6th week match, on Saturday Oct 15th, Al Ain will host Al Wahda at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 4th placed Al Ain, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Dibba Al Fujairah. Andriy Yarmolenko scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 6th minute, then Laba added another in the 90th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dibba Al Fujairah couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ain took the shutout win. Al Ain is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while al Wahda sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Al Ittihad Kalba. Neither Al Wahda nor Al Ittihad Kalba could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Al Wahda is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Al Ain won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Peres Lopes has been the most prolific scorer on Al Wahda in the last five matches with two goals. Laba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 7 goals for Al Ain.