In a weekend match on Friday Feb 17th, in week 17, Khor Fakkan will host Al Sharjah in a clash of these two mismatched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. 10th placed Khor Fakkan is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Al Nasr. Adel Taarabt scored the first goal for Al Nasr in the 69th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Khor Fakkan 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. Khor Fakkan is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while al Sharjah sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Ajman. Djaniny Tavares scored the first goal for Al Sharjah in the 28th minute, then Miralem Pjanić added another in the 38th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ajman couldn’t manage to score, and Al Sharjah took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Al Sharjah should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Dec 16th, Khor Fakkan hosted Al Sharjah in their last match together. Khor Fakkan and Al Sharjah battled to a 1-1 draw. Ousmane Camara struck first for Al Sharjah in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni got the equalizer for Khor Fakkan on an own goal in the 67th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Khor Fakkan.
Caio has been the most prolific scorer on Al Sharjah in the last five matches with 3 goals. Aylton Boa Morte and Mehdi Abeid are the top scorers for Khor Fakkan in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.