On the 5th of November, Al Ittihad Kalba plays host to Bani Yas in a UAE League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 32 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 7th placed Al Ittihad Kalba is fresh off their 5-3 win against Al Nasr. Sultan Alzaabi scored the first goal for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 3rd minute, then Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graca got the equalizer for Al Nasr in the 19th minute on a feed from Mohamed Omer , but Al Ittihad Kalba kept scoring and walked away with the win. Al Ittihad Kalba is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Bani Yas, recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Al Dhafra. Alvarez Suarez scored the first goal for Bani Yas in the 1st minute, then Nicolás Giménez added another in the 34th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Dhafra couldn’t manage to score, and Bani Yas took the shutout win. Bani Yas is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Bani Yas and Al Ittihad Kalba last played eachother at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium on the 25th of January. Al Ittihad Kalba was victorious by a score of 1 to 1. Sultan Al Shamsi scored the first goal for Bani Yas in the 20th minute, then Mansour Mohamed Abbas Hassan Alblooshi got the equalizer for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 33rd minute on a feed from Abdulla Eisa .
Bani Yas’s most prolific scorer has been Rafael Papagaio. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Al Naqbi has been the most prolific scorer on Al Ittihad Kalba in his last five matches with 3 goals.