In this week 13 match on Jan 22nd, Al Wasl hosts Khor Fakkan in a clash of these two closely matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Al Wasl is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Al Ain. Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 8th minute, then Virginio de Lima got the equalizer for Al Wasl in the 33rd minute on a feed from Oliveira Souza Junior earning them at least the one point. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Al Wasl should be reasonably happy with their performance, while khor Fakkan is fresh off their 2-1 win against Al Ittihad Kalba. Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi scored the first goal for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 73rd minute, then Mehdi Abeid got the equalizer for Khor Fakkan in the 90th minute on a feed from Ali Mohammed But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 102nd minute on a goal by Aylton Boa Morte. Khor Fakkan is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Friday Nov 25th, Al Wasl hosted Khor Fakkan at the Zabeel Stadium in their last match together. Khor Fakkan took the match by a score of 4 to 0. Juninho scored the first goal for Khor Fakkan in the 7th minute, then Aylton Boa Morte added another in the 32nd minute In the end, Al Wasl couldn’t muster any offence and Khor Fakkan ran away with the shutout win.
Khor Fakkan is glad to have Aylton Boa Morte in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Al Wasl is fortunate enough to have Fabio Virginio de Lima in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals.