Dubai (Union)
The confrontations between Sharjah and Al-Bataeh tomorrow, Saturday, at the Oval Stadium in the “Basma Emirate”, Ajman and Al-Jazira at Rashid Stadium, precede the match between Ittihad Kalba and Al-Wasl, at the end of “Round 20” of the “ADNOC Professional League”.
The “King” and “Al-Raqi” match will be only the second between the two teams in the “Professional League”, after the difficult victory of Sharjah in the first round, with the goal of Alcacer in the “seventh round”.
Sharjah, which ranks fifth with 35 points, is looking forward to returning to the “track of victories” in the league, after stumbling in the past three rounds, losing to Khorfakkan 0-1 and Al-Jazira 2-3, before a draw against Al Wasl 1-1 at the top of the last round.
On the other hand, the memory of victories was absent from Al-Bataeh in the last 9 rounds, since the last victory against Dibba 1-0 in the tenth round, and Al-Raqi, who ranks 11th with 17 points, settled for 5 points in the past nine rounds, with a tie with Al-Nasr and Ittihad Kalba. Khor Fakkan 2-2, Bani Yas 3-3, and Al Dhafra 1-1.
And at Rashid bin Saeed Stadium, the confrontation between Ajman and its guest Al Jazira is renewed in the “disengagement” race between the two teams over the 33 points in the past 19 rounds, where “Abu Dhabi Pride” ranks sixth, and “Orange” comes in seventh place.
The upcoming match will be the 22nd in the history of the two teams’ confrontations, as Al Jazira won 13 matches, compared to a draw in 3 matches, and a loss in the same, the last of which was the two teams’ match in the first round 0-1 at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Al Jazira Club.
Priority weapon «King»
Sharjah played 42 matches in the “Professional League” against the emerging teams, during which it won 21 matches, compared to a draw in 12 confrontations, and lost 9 times. The last 14 goals for his team against the “new arrivals”.
Mabkhout is a date with the “second centenary”
Al-Jazira fans are awaiting the celebration of striker Ali Mabkhout, the historic scorer of the league, with his 200th goal in the confrontation against Ajman. Mabkhout, who tops the list of scorers in his team’s confrontations against “Orange” with 9 goals, owns 199 goals in 272 league matches.
Saturday matches
Sharjah – Al Bataeh 17:45
Ajman – Al Jazeera 17:45
Ittihad Kalba – Al Wasl 20:30
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