On the 8th of January, in this week 13 match, Bani Yas 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 warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 7th placed Al Ittihad Kalba, recorded a 1-2 loss against Al Jazira. struck first for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 15th minute on a feed from Robert Žulj, then in the 18th minute, Al Shamsi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Abdalla Ramadan But luckily in the 33rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Bruno Conceicao de Oliveira. Al Ittihad Kalba should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Bani Yas recorded a 4-1 win against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Hamdan Ismaeel Mohamed Al Kamali scored the first goal for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 5th minute on a penalty kick, but Fawaz Awana Ahmad Husein Al Musabi got the equalizer for Bani Yas in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback in the 70th minute on a goal by Suhail Ahmed Al Noobi to cap off a wild match. Bani Yas is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Al Ittihad Kalba won by a score of 1 to 1. Sultan Al Shamsi scored the first goal for Bani Yas in the 20th minute, then Abbas Hassan Alblooshi tied it up for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 33rd minute on a feed from Abdulla Eisa .
Bani Yas is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with and Al Noobi each having 2 goals in their last five. Both Camara and Alkhaddeim Al Antali have been the hottest scorers for Al Ittihad Kalba in the last five each having scored 2 goals.