The "East Coast Derby" is at the forefront of the UAE Premier League matches
The "East Coast Derby", between Dibba and Fujairah, stands out in the forefront of the matches of the 21st round of the First Division, which begins on Saturday, and witnesses, in addition to the meeting of Dibba and Fujairah, four other hot matches, combining Al-Rams and Masafi, Al-Arabi, City, Al-Bataeh and Gulf FC, Hatta and Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra, to be completed on Sunday, with the matches of Al-Hamriya, Al-Dhaid, Al-Taawun and Masfout.
Al-Arabi, the leader with 50 points, returns to his stadium to welcome City in a match that brings together the first-placed player with the last. The "host" task may seem easy on paper, but it may be different on the field.
Al-Arabi, who is experiencing the euphoria of happiness with successive victories and the lead, is looking for a new victory to keep him in first place, as a hedge for the victory of his direct competitor, Dibba, while the English guest coach, Mason McClelland, is thinking of achieving a surprise by leading his team to victory over Al-Arabi, and City six points in fifteenth place. .
At Dibba Stadium, Diego, the top scorer of the league and his companions, will face a difficult test, against neighbor Fujairah, and although the balance is tilted in favor of the runner-up in the standings, the "derby" meetings are outside the swarm of possibilities and expectations.
Dibba realizes that the match is a one-way street, so whoever wants to climb up should avoid stumbling in the last metres, for his part, Fujairah wants to taste the victory of the derby, and overtake the second-ranked to advance a step in the table, and Dibba 49 against 30 for Fujairah seventh.
Al-Bataeh, "the fourth" with 40 points, is counting on today's match against Gulf FC "the eighth" with 21 points, to reach the point of 43 and climb to third place in the absence of Dibba Al-Hisn, 41 points, from the round, hoping to receive good news from Al-Arabi Stadium or Dibba Stadium As for Gulf FC, eighth in the standings with 21 points, it wants to return to the path of victories as a goal that it refuses to give up.
Hatta, the "sixth" with 31 points, aspires to win today's round against Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra, the tenth with 17 points, continue the victories, and approach the fifth place, which is occupied by Al-Hamriya with 37 points, while Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra wants to compensate, after losing in the minutes The last of the Arab in the last round.
The two sides will enter the "Ras Al-Khaimah Derby";
The 14th Rams with 11 points, and Masafi the 11th with 15, they met with the ambition of obtaining the three points, as the two teams need to win, after they were led to a loss in the 20th round against Masfout and Al-Bataeh.
Matches of round 21
Saturday 26 February: Al
Rams - Masafi, 17:25
Dibba - Fujairah, 17:25
Hatta - Al Jazirah Al Hamra, 17:30
Al Bataeh - Gulf FC, 17:30
Al Arabi - City, 17:30
Sunday 27 February: Al
Taawun - Masfoot, 17:25
Al Hamriya - Al Dhaid, 17:30
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