In this 4th week match, on Saturday Oct 1st, Al Sharjah hosts Khor Fakkan in a clash of these two extremely mismatched UAE League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 1st placed Al Sharjah is fresh off their 3-2 win against Ajman. Ali Mohamed scored the first goal for Al Sharjah on an own goal in the 35th minute, then in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Mohamed Ben Larbi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Vieljeux Mboungou , but luckily for Al Sharjah it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Al Sharjah is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Khor Fakkan is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Al Nasr. Neither Khor Fakkan nor Al Nasr could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Khor Fakkan looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
On Nov 12th, Al Sharjah hosted Khor Fakkan at the Al-sharjah Stadium in their last match together. Al Sharjah won by a score of 2 to 1. Andrey struck first for Khor Fakkan in the 18th minute, then Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni tied it up for Al Sharjah in the 52nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 68th minute on a penalty goal by Ahmed Al Hashmi to cap off a wild match.
Khor Fakkan’s most prolific scorer has been Ismaeel Salem Ismaeel Saeed Al Hamadi. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Al Sharjah is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Paco Alcácer and Luan Martins Pereira each having 3 goals in their last 5.