Al Ain faces a risky confrontation against Baniyas today, while Al Jazira seeks to continue its victories against Kalba “Al Muntashi” with positive results, while Al Wahda hosts Al Orouba, in the opening of the ninth stage of the ADNOC Professional Football League.
At Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain will receive Bani Yas at 19:30 this evening, under Portuguese technical leadership for both teams, in a confrontation in which the leader seeks to erase his continental sorrows after his draw with Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor in the sixth round of the Asian Elite League, and his chances in the tournament were reduced. Reaching the second round.
The leader hopes to complete what he started with his Portuguese coach Jardim, at the local level and continue his victories in the league championship, after he was able to defeat Al-Orouba 4-2 in the last round, raising his score to 11 points, with 10 points separating him from the leader Sharjah, and he has two postponed matches remaining. Against Kalba Union and Shabab Al-Ahly.
Al Ain players only keep victory in mind to reconcile their fans, with the desire to correct the team’s path and compete for the league title.
On the other hand, Bani Yas will enter this confrontation and it is not in its best condition in terms of results, after losing its last three matches in the league, to Dibba Al-Hisn with a goal without a response, and from Al-Sharjah 1-4, and from Al-Orouba with a goal without a response, which is what puts… His Portuguese coach, Joao Pedro, is in an “unenviable position.”
In the second match, Ittihad Kalba will host Al-Jazira at 19:30, in a difficult match for the two teams wishing to continue their distinguished results in the league championship.
Kalba is accustomed to presenting its best level against the top players, as it succeeded during the last round in capturing a winning draw against Shabab Al-Ahly in its stadium and among its fans, despite the numerical deficiency that entered the confrontation with the absence of five players.
Kalba is in seventh place with 11 points, and still has a postponed match with Al Ain from the third round.
As for Al-Jazira, it has not tasted the taste of loss since the third round, when it lost to Al-Sharjah 4-0, after which it continued its positive results, as it is in third place with 16 points, and is close to competing for the title.
In the third match, which will be held today, Al-Wahda will play a relatively easy confrontation at its home stadium and among its fans at 16:45, against Al-Orouba, which is in last place with three points.
Al-Wahda missed many opportunities that could have put it in a good place in the competition table, as it lost many easy points, the last of which was a draw against Al-Wasl, which played from the 66th minute with a reduced number, as Al-Wahda was ahead 2-1 until the 84th minute, but the match It ended in a 2-2 draw.
With this tie, Al-Wahda dropped to fourth place with 15 points, but its chances of continuing in the competition still exist.
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