In this 19th week match, on Saturday Mar 11th, Al Nasr will host Bani Yas at Rashid Al-maktoum Stadium in a clash of the UAE League. Al Nasr is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Al Wahda. Kruspzky struck first for Al Wahda in the 64th minute on a feed from Adrien Silva, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Nasr couldn’t muster any offence and Al Wahda ran away with the shutout win. Al Nasr looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while bani Yas sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Ajman. Walid Azarou scored the first goal for Ajman in the 17th minute, then Mohamed Ben Larbi added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Bani Yas looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Bani Yas and Al Nasr battled to a 1-1 draw. Mendes da Graca scored the first goal for Bani Yas on an own goal in the 36th minute, then Dembo Darboe got the equalizer for Al Nasr in the 86th minute on a feed from Mohamed Omer squeezing out at least the one point for Al Nasr.
Nicolás Giménez has been the most effective weapon for Bani Yas lately. The Argentinian midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Al Nasr’s most prolific scorer has been Adel Taarabt. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.