Sharjah is facing an important confrontation against its guest Baniyas at eight thirty in the evening today at its stadium in the Sharjah Club Stadium, within the matches of the eighth round of the Arab Gulf Football League, as Sharjah hopes to continue its victories and achieve its seventh victory in the league and enhance its lead, and jump its balance to Point 22, while Baniyas seeks to break a knot that lasted for the two seasons 2018-2019 and 2016-2017, during which it did not win against Sharjah in the league, as the “King” won back and forth in my two games last season with a score of 1-2, and before that it won against Baniyas in the away 2016-2017 season 4-1, while they tied 2-2 in the second leg in the same season.
Sharjah, which seeks to maintain its record free from any loss in the league until now, is playing a high-spirited Bani Yas match with a great spirit, beating Al-Jazira with two clean goals in the seventh round, before the league matches were interrupted because of the national team's participation in the Gulf Cup 24.
Sharjah took advantage of the league's pausing period by continuing its training today, as well as performing a friendly match against the Kuwaiti Kuwait team and preparing its players for the league matches.
Sharjah is counting on its striking attacking power in the presence of the Brazilian trio Igor Cornado and Cape Verde players Ryan Mendes and Ricardo Gomez, but despite this, Sharjah is counting for any surprises that could cause the first loss in the league.
Despite his recent exit from the Arab Gulf Cup competition after losing to Al Ain in the quarter-finals of the tournament, the focus of Sharjah has always been on league games and not the Arab Gulf Cup, during which the technical staff led by Abdulaziz Al-Anbari gave the opportunity to a large number of young players, to participate in the games to gain More experiences and learn about their abilities and technical capabilities.
In turn, Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari stressed that he would give the opportunity to participate in the match to the most prepared players, indicating that the team will miss the efforts of player Saif Rashid to perform surgery in the cruciate ligament.
On the other hand, this match is of great importance to Baniyas, who is looking to move beyond his tenth current position with seven points, as he played seven games so far, he won one match, drew four and lost two.
Baniyas hopes to be the first team to beat Sharjah this season and stop its advance towards winning the league title and repeat the scenario of last season.
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