Week 2 brings us a match on Sep 10th where Al Wahda will host Al Ittihad Kalba at Al-nahyan Stadium in a clash of the UAE League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 32 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Al Wahda recorded a 2-2 draw against Al Wasl. João Pedro scored the first goal for Al Wahda in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Oliveira Souza Junior tied it up for Al Wasl in the 64th minute on a feed from Gabrielzinho . Al Wahda looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while al Ittihad Kalba is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Bataeh. Lourency struck first for Al Bataeh in the 7th minute on a feed from Zayed Ahmed, then João Novais added another in the 9th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Al Ittihad Kalba couldn’t muster any offence and Al Bataeh ran away with the shutout win. Al Ittihad Kalba looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Al Ittihad Kalba’s most prolific scorer has been Robert Žulj. The Austrian midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. João Pedro has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Al Wahda.