On Saturday Nov 12th, Al Sharjah hosts Al Ain at Al-sharjah Stadium in a clash of these two closely matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Al Sharjah, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Al Dhafra. Caio scored the first goal for Al Sharjah in the 87th minute from the penalty spot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Dhafra couldn’t manage to score, and Al Sharjah took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Al Sharjah should be reasonably happy with their performance, while al Ain is fresh off their 2-1 win against Khor Fakkan. Mehdi Abeid scored the first goal for Khor Fakkan in the 7th minute, then Kouame Autonne tied it up for Al Ain in the 52nd minute on a feed from Bandar Mohammed Saeed Saleh Al Ahbabi But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 81st minute on a goal by Laba. Al Ain is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Coronado struck first for Al Sharjah in the 8th minute on a penalty shot, then Laba tied it up for Al Ain in the 28th minute on a penalty shot But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 87th minute on a goal by Al Raqi Al Almoudi.
Al Ain is glad to have Laba in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Al Sharjah hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Luan Martins Pereira and Saeed Al Kaabi, and they each have 1 goal.