On Thursday Mar 2nd, Dibba Al Fujairah and Al Ain will play a match in Al Ain in a clash of these two extremely mismatched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. Al Ain is fresh off their 3-2 win against Al Ittihad Kalba. Caio Canedo Correa struck first for Al Ain in the 21st minute, then Habib Al Fardan tied it up for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 47th minute , but fortunately for Al Ain it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Al Ain should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Dibba Al Fujairah recorded a 2-3 loss against Ajman. Walid Azarou struck first for Ajman in the 19th minute, then A. de Oliveira tied it up for Dibba Al Fujairah in the 43rd minute , but luckily for Ajman it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 9 of their last 10.
Al Ain and Dibba Al Fujairah last played eachother at the Al-fujairah Stadium on Oct 7th. Al Ain took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Andriy Yarmolenko struck first for Al Ain in the 6th minute, then Laba added another in the 90th minute on a feed from Soufiane Rahimi In the end, Dibba Al Fujairah couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ain ran away with the shutout win.
Dibba Al Fujairah’s most prolific scorer has been Edu. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored eight goals for Al Ain.