In this 2nd week match, on Friday Sep 9th, Bani Yas and Al Sharjah will play a match in Sharjah in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Sharjah sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Martins Pereira struck first for Al Sharjah in the 8th minute, then Paco Alcácer added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was frustrated by Al Sharjah’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Sharjah ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Sharjah is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Bani Yas is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Khor Fakkan. Sasa Ivkovic struck first for Bani Yas in the 79th minute on a feed from Alvarez Suarez, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Khor Fakkan couldn’t manage to score, and Bani Yas took the shutout win. Bani Yas is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Bani Yas and Al Sharjah last played eachother at the Al-sharjah Stadium on the 23rd of January. Al Sharjah and Bani Yas battled to a 2-2 draw. Al Rejaibi scored the first goal for Al Sharjah in the 44th minute, then Ousmane Camara added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Abdulla Mohammad Kazim.
Bani Yas’s top weapon lately has been Sasa Ivkovic, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Caio and Paco Alcácer are the top scorers for Al Sharjah in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.