On Friday Oct 7th, in week 5, Al Ittihad Kalba will travel to Dubai to battle Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in a UAE League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 5th placed Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Al Dhafra. Ahmed Fawzi scored the first goal for Al Dhafra in the 19th minute, then Walid Karoui added another in the 57th minute. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Al Ittihad Kalba is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi scored the first goal for Al Ain in the 15th minute, then Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Al Ittihad Kalba was frustrated by Al Ain’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Ain ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Ittihad Kalba is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Nov 15th, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won by a score of 1 to 0. Hassan Yousuf scored the first goal for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on an own goal in the 81st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Al Ittihad Kalba couldn’t muster any offence and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai ran away with the shutout win.
Al Ittihad Kalba is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ali Hamid Moftah Hamid and Leandro Spadacio each only have 1 goal in their last five. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai’s top weapon lately has been Omar Khribin, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.