In a mid week match on Thursday Mar 2nd, in week 18, Bani Yas will host Ajman in a meeting of these two evenly matched 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. 9th placed Bani Yas is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Jazira. Al Hajeri struck first for Al Jazira in the 64th minute, then Khalid Hashemi added another on an own goal in the 88th minute In the end, Bani Yas couldn’t muster any offence and Al Jazira ran away with the shutout win. Bani Yas is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Ajman is fresh off their 3-2 win against Dibba Al Fujairah. Walid Azarou scored the first goal for Ajman in the 19th minute, but A. de Oliveira got the equalizer for Dibba Al Fujairah in the 43rd minute , but Ajman kept scoring and walked away with the win. Ajman should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Ajman and Bani Yas last played eachother at the Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium on Oct 7th. Ajman was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Vieljeux Mboungou struck first for Ajman in the 12th minute on a feed from Ismail, then Mohamed Ben Larbi added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Walid Azarou In the end, Bani Yas was frustrated by Ajman’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajman ended the match with the shutout victory.
Ajman is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mohamed Ben Larbi and Ali Madan each having 3 goals in their last five. Bani Yas’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolás Giménez. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.