Kalba collides with its historical “complex”… and the “King” challenges Al Dhafra

The confrontation between Kalba and its guest Shabab Al-Ahly – which begins at 19:45 pm today at Kalba Stadium – is the start of the sixth round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, and this comes due to the similarity of the two teams’ positions before the confrontation, whether in the number of points or the desire to win, while Kalba found itself competing with the leading clubs by occupying third place with 10 points after five rounds, and the “Dubai Knights” share the balance with them. Same in fourth place.

This confrontation will be a real test for the ambition of Kalba, which is experiencing its best start to its season ever, as the hour of truth will strike before it in a match against a competitor against whom it has never tasted the taste of three points. In 20 previous confrontations between them in the professional league, the “Tigers” did not achieve a victory, compared to 13 victories for Shabab Al-Ahly, and 7 draws. Kalba is one of six teams that Shabab Al-Ahly has never lost to in the history of the competition.

Shabab Al-Ahly goes into the match with an impressive record in October, as the team only lost once in the last 35 matches it played this month (won 21 and tied 13). Regarding the squad, the numbers show that the absence of star Sardar Azmoun does not negatively affect Shabab Al-Ahly’s results. Since the beginning of last season, the team has not lost in any of the eight matches that the player was absent from (won 5 and tied in 3). Indeed, the percentage of the team’s victories decreases from 74% when Azmoun participates, compared to 63% when he is absent from the team.

On the offensive level, the historical difference reveals the absolute dominance of Shabab Al-Ahly, which scored 93 goals against Kalba, compared to 22 goals scored by Kalba against its opponent, and the star Ahmed Khalil tops the list of scorers in the confrontations of the two teams with five goals, followed by Kartabia with three goals.

Batataeh x unit

At 17:05 pm, all eyes will turn to Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium, which will bring together Al-Bataeh and its guest, Al-Wahda, in a confrontation that carries special importance. History bears witness to the fact that a draw is a “missing” result between the two teams, as none of their previous six meetings ended with this result, as Al-Wahda won on 4 occasions, compared to two victories for Al-Wahda. What is interesting is that Al-Bataeh did not achieve any victory over Al-Wahda at home, which adds another challenge in today’s match.

The visitors, who are in second place with 11 points, enter the match and are exceptional candidates for victory, especially since Al-Anabi is armed with the longest current streak of not losing in the competition, which has reached 17 consecutive matches, but at the same time it is considered the most tied team in the league in 2025 (8 draws), which contradicts the record of Al-Bataeh (which occupies 12th place with three points), which has not drawn in its last 10 matches, and also has “The Excellencies” set an additional record in October, as they did not draw in the last 11 matches they played in this month.

In terms of attack, the numbers show a superiority for Al-Wahda, which scored 12 goals compared to 7 for Al-Bataeh, and Al-Bataeh player Anatole Bertrand and the current Kalba player, Ahmed Nour Allah, top the list of scorers in the matches with three goals each, knowing that Al-Wahda is one of the teams in which Bertrand scored the largest number of his goals in the league (3 goals), which makes him a candidate to visit the net today.

Sharjah x Al Dhafra

The Sharjah team faces a strong confrontation when it welcomes its guest, Al Dhafra, to its home stadium at 17:05 this evening. The confrontation carries within it a struggle between the historical dominance of Al-Malik, which currently occupies 10th place with four points, and the unprecedented brilliance of Al Dhafra this season, which occupies sixth place with a full 9 points.

It brought together 24 previous confrontations between the two sides, during which Sharjah achieved 11 victories compared to 6 for Al Dhafra, and 7 draws. What is most significant is that Al Sharjah did not lose in the last 9 confrontations against it (won 8 and tied in 1), but rather achieved victory in the last four meetings with the same repeated score, which is (1-0). In total, Sharjah scored 29 goals against Al Dhafra, compared to 22 goals that it conceded.

It is noteworthy that the strength of the “King” doubles when it plays the confrontation against Al Dhafra at its home stadium, as it won the last 6 consecutive matches at Sharjah Stadium with a total score of (13-2), and it did not lose in the last 29 confrontations against the emerging teams in the league.

On the other hand, Al Dhafra enters the match with its best start ever in the professional league, having scored 9 points in the first 5 rounds of this season, and the team relies heavily on long-range missiles, being the league team that scores the most goals from outside the penalty area (3 goals), in addition to the effectiveness of the Moroccan players who scored 8 of the team’s 10 goals this season.

The match is expected to be decisive, especially since the two teams were absent from a draw in October in their last 8 matches. At the star level, Wilton (6 goals) tops the list of scorers in the confrontations, followed by Igor Coronado (4 goals), who contributed 6 goals during 4 confrontations with Al Dhafra.

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