In this week 6 match on Oct 16th, Bani Yas plays host to Al Nasr 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 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Bani Yas sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Al Sharjah. Ousmane Camara struck first for Al Sharjah in the 9th minute, then Saeed Al Kaabi added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Khalid Abdulraheem Mohamed Bawazir In the end, Bani Yas couldn’t muster any offence and Al Sharjah ran away with the shutout win. Bani Yas looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 10th placed Al Nasr is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Al Bataeh. Neither Al Nasr nor Al Bataeh could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw, In the end, Al Bataeh was frustrated by Al Nasr’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Nasr ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Nasr is looking for direction having earned 12 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. Last season Bani Yas won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Al Nasr’s most prolific scorer has been Hamad Ghoum Juma. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.