Al-Jazira will meet Al-Wahda at the end of the matches of the 15th round of the Arab Gulf League competition, at eight in the evening, at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, as the "Abu Dhabi Pride" seeks to achieve an absent victory in the "Derby" for more than three years.
Although Al-Jazira excels in the current season in direct confrontations against Al-Wahda, by winning in the quarter-finals of the Arab Gulf Cup by four goals without reply, as well as by three goals for two goals in the price of the President’s Cup final, while Al-Annabi won the first-leg match in the league with three goals Two goals, but Al-Jazira has not won the home court over Al-Wahda since January 19, 2017 when it won five goals against a goal.
Al-Wahda won in its last two games with Al-Jazira at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, where Al-Annabi won four goals to two goals on January 18, 2018, and three goals to one on May 2, 2019.
Al-Jazira team is playing the game and has no choice but to win, to preserve its chances of competing in the league title, especially since the team occupies second place with 27 points, eight points behind the leader Al-Ahly youth who has 35 points, as there will be no room for Al-Jazira to lose More points, after he stumbled to draw against Ajman in the 13th round, before he regained victories by defeating Al Dhafra in the opening round of the second leg.
The biggest obstacles facing Al-Jazira will be the team’s negative record this season against the clubs competing in the title, as “Abu Dhabi’s pride” did not achieve any victory in the first round in direct confrontations against its competitors, as, unlike its loss in the “Derby” against Al-Wahda, it has lost He tied with Al-Ahly youth and the same thing in front of Al-Ain, while he lost to Sharjah with two goals without response and in front of Al-Nasr with two goals against a goal.
On the other hand, Al-Wahda seeks to repeat its superiority over Al-Jazira in the league competition, after winning in the first leg with three goals against two goals, as Al-Annabi lives his best period of the season at the present time, after he achieved three consecutive victories against Sharjah and Hatta and Fujairah, to raise the unit to 23 points.
Al-Annabi hopes to move closer to the first four, especially as it separates him from Sharjah, Al-Ain, and Al-Nasr only one point. And if the team achieves a victory over Al-Jazira, it will enter Al-Wahda with the strength of competition in the qualifying places for the Asian Champions next season, which is important for Al-Wahda in the current season.
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