Week 8 features a match on Saturday Oct 29th, where Shabab Al Ahli Dubai and Al Ain will play a match in Dubai in a meeting of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Khor Fakkan. Al Balooshi Mohammad Juma Eid Gharib Juma struck first for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 64th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Khor Fakkan couldn’t muster any offence and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 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 Ain recorded a 3-1 win against Al Nasr. Andriy Yarmolenko struck first for Al Ain in the 5th minute on a feed from Soufiane Rahimi, but Mendes da Graca got the equalizer for Al Nasr in the 48th minute. Al Ain is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 4th of May, Al Ain hosted Shabab Al Ahli Dubai at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in their last match together. Al Ain was victorious by a score of 2 to 2. Cartabia scored the first goal for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 28th minute, then Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba tied it up for Al Ain in the 53rd minute on a feed from Al Ahbabi .
Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored five goals for Al Ain. Omar Khribin has been the most effective weapon for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai lately. The attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches.