In a weekend match in week 18, on Friday Mar 4th, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will host Al Wahda at Al-rashid Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. 4th placed Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Al Sharjah. Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni struck first for Al Sharjah in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai couldn’t muster any offence and Al Sharjah ran away with the shutout win. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Wahda recorded a 2-1 win against Al Wasl. Omar Khribin struck first for Al Wahda in the 26th minute, then Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior tied it up for Al Wasl in the 62nd minute. Al Wahda is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Al-nahyan Stadium, Al Wahda and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Al Wahda nor Shabab Al Ahli Dubai could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Al Wahda is fortunate enough to have Omar Khribin in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai’s most prolific scorer has been Federico Nicolas Cartabia. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.