Week 14 brings us a match on Jan 27th where Al Ain hosts Ajman at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in a meeting of these two UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Al Ain is fresh off their 3-2 win against Al Bataeh. Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 27th minute, then Andriy Yarmolenko added another in the 35th minute. Al Ain should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Ajman recorded a 1-3 loss against Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. Mohamed Ben Larbi struck first for Ajman in the 38th minute on a feed from Nasser Mahmoud Noor, but Cartabia got the equalizer for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 13th minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Ahmed Abdulla to cap off a wild match. Ajman looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10.
On Friday Sep 2nd, Ajman hosted Al Ain in their last match together. Ajman won by a score of 1 to 1. Erik Jorgens de Menezes scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 6th minute, then Ali Madan tied it up for Ajman in the 60th minute .
Ajman’s top weapon lately has been Mohamed Ben Larbi, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Laba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Al Ain.