Al Wahda are aiming to win their first win over Romanian coach Lorient Regicamp when Al Wasl meet at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 20:45 in the seventh round of the Arabian Gulf League.
Al Wahda are hoping that Spanish coach Manuel Jimenez will lead Al Rehden to Rigikamp, who had won their first match against Al Annabi, when Al Wasl won in the second round of the league last season with a goal from Fabio Lima.
The two teams are in the match amid similar circumstances, as each team seeks to achieve the third consecutive win in the league, after the improvement of the results of the unit, with the contract with Spanish Jimenez, who led the team to win in the fifth and sixth rounds on Ajman 4-2, and Al Dhafra 3-1 Al Wahda moved up to sixth place with nine points, and Al Wasl moved away from the last place by winning in the last two rounds on Al Dhafra and 3-1 to increase the score of the emperor to seven points in eighth place.
Al Wahda is in the match with a moral advantage, as it has not lost at home to Al Wasl since 2016, when «Emperor» won 2-1 on October 21, 2016, while «« Annabi »4-3 in the season 2017-2018, and last season 4-1 .
Spain's Jimenez is betting on the continued brilliance of compatriot Carlos Lopez, who scored two goals against Al Dhafra, in addition to the creativity of veteran Ismail Matar, who performs strong performances in the past games, while the coach of Al Wahda, he is not worried about the loss of the top scorer », Argentine Sebastian Tigale, easy opportunities in the past games, confirming his confidence to return to the goal.
On the other hand, Al Wasl hopes to overcome the drawbacks of the team's exit from the 16th round of the Mohammed VI Cup of Champions, after losing 2-0 to Al Ittihad, and is armed with Brazilian Fabio Lima and compatriot Wilton Suarez.
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