Al-Shabab Al-Ahly team has the opportunity to regain the top spot in the ADNOC Professional Football League table, when it hosts its rival, Al-Ain, at 19:45 pm today, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, in the postponed confrontation between them from the seventh round, and on the other hand, it will also be held today. Two matches within the 12th round of the competition, the first brings together Al-Nasr and Kalba, while in the second, Al-Bataeh meets its counterpart Al-Orouba.
There is no alternative for the “Dubai Knights”, who are in second place with 26 points, but victory in the Al Ain match if they want to rise to the top of the standings, given that a draw would be in the interest of Sharjah (28 points) continuing to lead. They must also redouble their efforts to avoid surprises from Al Ain, which is in fifth place with 19 points, and for whom the confrontation is an opportunity to restore its chances of competing for the title.
Shabab Al-Ahly presented themselves in a strong manner during the 10 matches they have played so far, as they maintained their record undefeated (won eight matches and tied twice), which is what happened for the first time in the history of their participation in the competition. This may represent an additional motivation for him to continue collecting points during his efforts to regain the title that he lost in the last edition to the benefit of his neighbor Al-Wasl.
In the other confrontation, the Al-Nasr team, which occupies sixth place (19 points), will receive at 17:05 pm at Al Maktoum Stadium its guest, Ittihad Kalba, which is in seventh place (17 points), and the “Dean” is going through a stage of imbalance, which is what… It will require him to stop the bleeding of points, especially since his ranks will be complete in today’s match. In turn, Kalba, led by its player Mahdi Qaidi, goes into the match motivated after regaining the tone of victory with its victory in the last round over Ajman 3-2.
The third match between Al-Bataeh and Al-Orouba, at 17:05 pm, will also witness the first appearance of Al-Bataeh, the penultimate team (five points), after the dismissal of Croatian coach Goran Tomic due to poor results, and the assignment of his assistant Adnan Mohammed to the task, as he receives the match at Khalid Stadium. Bin Mohammed hosted Al-Orouba (three points), and the three points represent great importance for both parties looking to escape relegation.
. The match between Al Ain and Shabab Al Ahly was postponed from the seventh round.
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