On Friday Feb 17th, in week 17, Al Wasl hosts Al Nasr at Zabeel Stadium in a meeting of these two UAE League teams in the ever popular Dubai derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Al Wasl sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Dibba Al Fujairah. Tomás Chancalay scored the first goal for Al Wasl in the 32nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dibba Al Fujairah couldn’t manage to score, and Al Wasl took the shutout win. Al Wasl should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Al Nasr, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Khor Fakkan. Adel Taarabt struck first for Al Nasr in the 69th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Khor Fakkan was frustrated by Al Nasr’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Nasr ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Nasr looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 1st, Al Nasr hosted Al Wasl at the Rashid Al-maktoum Stadium in their last match together. Al Wasl took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Gabrielzinho struck first for Al Wasl in the 20th minute on a feed from Tomás Chancalay, then Gabrielzinho added another in the 47th minute.
Al Nasr’s most prolific scorer has been Adel Taarabt. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. In the last 5 matches, both Fabio Virginio de Lima and Tomás Chancalay are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Al Wasl and look to continue their dominance.