Three clubs are awaiting Al-Jazira victory over Al-Ahly youth, when the two teams meet at 20:15 at Rashid Stadium, in the 16th round of the Arab Gulf Football League, as Al-Ain, Sharjah and Al-Wahda clubs hope that “Dubai Knights” will return until the excitement returns to a struggle Title competition.
Shabab Al-Ahly tops the league ranking list with 36 points, while three clubs: Sharjah, Al-Ain and Al-Jazira are in second place with 27 points, and the “leader” has a deferred match against Ittihad Kalba, and Al-Wahda is ranked fifth with 26 points.
Al-Jazeera seeks to serve itself in the first place, especially since facing Al-Ahly youth is the last opportunity for the team to continue the competition in the title, after receiving the loss in the last round in the “Derby” against Al-Wahda with a goal without response, to lose the team three influential points, and in the event of losing today, The team will logically move away from the competition, while winning will restore the accounts of the title among more than one club.
Sharjah, Al-Ain and Al-Wahda clubs benefited from Al-Ahly youth stumbling in Round 15, by drawing away from home with Fujairah without goals, as the “King” defeated the Union of Kalba, and the “leader” defeated Al-Wasl, while “Al-Annabi” achieved the fourth successive victory, jumping to Fifth place, and the difference with the second place is reduced to one point.
Although the island includes a wonderful group of nationals and foreign players, the team has become a "puzzle" because of the decline in the level of players and the results achieved by the team in the last four games, as it lost twice to victory and unity and drew with Ajman, while achieving victory in one game over Al Dhafra, To lose eight points, it was enough to approach Al-Ahly youth by a difference of one point in the interest of the latter.
On the other hand, Al-Ahly's youth are taking the most difficult test to consolidate their position at the top of the ranking, especially as the confrontation is in front of a direct competitor in the title, in addition to that, “Dubai Knights” in the event of stumbling again, will contest the upcoming matches under great pressure, due to the reduction of the difference in points with its annexes.
Shabab Al-Ahly hopes to assert its supremacy over Al-Jazira this season, after winning it last month on penalties in the Arab Gulf Cup semi-finals. Shabab Al-Ahly won the group stage of the same championship with four goals without a response, while the two teams tied to go in Abu Dhabi from Without goals.
On the level of absences, the circumstances of the two teams are similar, as doubts arise over the readiness of Brazilian Marcos Kino to participate with the island, because he did not fully recover from the injury that kept him away from the last two games, and Moroccan Murad Patna will be absent after he was injured in front of the unit, while Al-Ahly youth will continue to lack services Brazilian player Leonardo de Souza, and the same for Ahmed Khalil, who returned to training, but his opportunity to participate in the match from the beginning, and he may enter the list and be among the replacements.
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