Week 9 brings us a match on Nov 5th where Al Dhafra hosts Al Sharjah at Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched UAE League teams. Al Dhafra sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Bani Yas. Gaston Maximiliano Alvarez Suarez scored the first goal for Bani Yas in the 1st minute, then Nicolás Giménez added another in the 34th minute In the end, Al Dhafra was frustrated by Bani Yas’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bani Yas ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Dhafra looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Al Sharjah, recorded a 0-1 loss against Al Wahda. João Pedro scored the first goal for Al Wahda in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Sharjah couldn’t muster any offence and Al Wahda ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Al Sharjah should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Fri Nov 26th, Al Dhafra hosted Al Sharjah in their last match together. Al Sharjah won by a score of 4 to 1. Salem Saeed Al Sharjee struck first for Al Sharjah in the 4th minute on a feed from Al Hassan Saleh, then Ahmed Al Hashmi added another in the 39th minute.
Both Caio and Paco Alcácer have been the hottest scorers for Al Sharjah in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Al Dhafra’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Aljneibi. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.