On the 29th of October, in this week 8 match, Al Wasl will travel to Abu Dhabi to battle Al Jazira in a UAE League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Al Jazira is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Ajman. Vieljeux Mboungou struck first for Ajman in the 78th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Al Jazira couldn’t muster any offence and Ajman ran away with the shutout win. Al Jazira is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Al Wasl is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Al Ittihad Kalba. Fabio Virginio de Lima struck first for Al Wasl in the 5th minute on a penalty kick, then Ali Saleh added another in the 55th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Al Wasl should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Virginio de Lima has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Al Wasl. Al Jazira’s most prolific scorer has been Al Hajeri. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.