On Tue Feb 14th, in week 17, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai hosts Al Dhafra at Al-rashid Stadium in a meeting of these two UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, recorded a 1-1 draw against Al Wahda. Federico Nicolas Cartabia scored the first goal for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 64th minute on a penalty shot, then Alaeddine Zouhir got the equalizer for Al Wahda in the 78th minute on a feed from Matheus Pereira squeezing out at least the one point for Al Wahda. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while al Dhafra is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Ittihad Kalba. Daniel Bessa struck first for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 75th minute on a feed from Sultan Alzaabi, then Habib Al Fardan added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Al Dhafra was frustrated by Al Ittihad Kalba’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Ittihad Kalba ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Dhafra looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Oct 2nd, Al Dhafra hosted Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in their last match together. Al Dhafra was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Ahmed Fawzi scored the first goal for Al Dhafra in the 19th minute, then Walid Karoui added another in the 57th minute.
Al Dhafra’s most prolific scorer has been Tiago. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Federico Nicolas Cartabia has been the most prolific scorer on Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the last five matches with 3 goals.