The Al-Wahda and Al-Jazeera derby..a rich legacy in history and numbers
picture
The Abu Dhabi derby between Al Wahda and Al Jazira at Al Nahyan Stadium tops the list of the most prominent matches of the 12th round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, which brings them together at 7:30 pm tomorrow.
The confrontation seems very important in the two teams' journey towards clinging to the hope of competing for the title, although Al-Ain is still one song in the foreground, as Al-Wehda occupies the runner-up position with 20 points, and one point behind Al-Jazira, which occupies fifth place with 19 points.
The capital derby evokes a rich legacy in history and numbers, as the confrontation bears the number 25 in the history of the two teams’ meetings in the professional field, and the numbers tend to favor Al Jazira, which won nine matches, compared to eight for the unit, and attended the tie on seven occasions.
The excitement was not lost in the two teams’ matches, and perhaps the most prominent of them was in the beginnings of the professionals, specifically the 2009/2010 season, when the two teams’ match in the return of the Professional Cup witnessed four red cards, including three for Al Wahda players, Haider Alo Ali, Talal Abdullah and Mahmoud Khamis, and one for the Brazilian player Al Jazira Marcio. Nascimento, that day won the island 3/0.
Al Jazeera also succeeded in achieving a wide victory over Al-Wehda by four without a response, in the final of the 2010-2011 version of the President's Cup, to crown its first title in the competition.
But Al-Wahda succeeded five months later to return the debt to Al-Jazira and crown the Super title at its expense by winning 6-7 penalty shootouts, after the original time ended with a 2-2 draw.
The 20th round of the ADNOC League in the 2013-2014 season witnessed a match described as the best in the history of the two teams’ confrontations, when Al-Jazira advanced 3-0 in the first half, but Al-Wahda kidnapped an exciting tie in the end with a score of 4-4.
The biggest result of the two teams’ meeting in the league was during the 2016-2017 season, when Al-Jazira won a broad 5-1 victory over Al-Wahda, while Al-Wahda’s biggest win was 4-1 in the 2017-2018 season, and the biggest win ever in the history of confrontations The two teams were in the President's Cup 2016-2017 season, when Al Wahda won by a clean six.
Their Excellency enters with a desire not to repeat the scene that happened in the last round, losing away from home to Ittihad Kalba 1/2, which is the first loss that Al Wahda received under the leadership of its French coach Gregory. On the other hand, Al Jazira won a big victory over Khorfakkan by a clean four.
Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news