Round 13: Fog obscures the vision of the “Winter Champion”

The 13th round of the ADNOC Professional League postponed the date of revealing the identity of the “Winter Champion” to the postponed confrontation between Shabab Al-Ahly and Dibba Al-Hisn, after Al-Sharjah continued its victories at the expense of Al-Wasl, maintaining the lead with 34 points, two points ahead of its direct rival, “Dubai Knights”, who has a chance. Grab the top.

Sharjah succeeded in breaking the knot of its matches at Zabeel Stadium, which had been haunting it for about 11 seasons, by defeating “The Emperor” with an unanswered goal, after the last victory for “The King” at this stadium was in the 2013-2014 season, specifically in the first round in which it won over Al-Wasl, with a goal scored by Brazilian striker Felipe Gabriel.

Shabab Al-Ahly was also able to maintain its series of positive results, by defeating Al-Jazira 2-1, keeping its record undefeated, after achieving 10 victories and two draws.

The return of Baniyas

Baniyas broke its fast from winning, which lasted about 123 days, specifically since last September 20, when it beat Ajman 3-1 in the third round, as it was able to beat Kalba with a clean goal, to continue its positive results with its Romanian coach, Daniel Isaila, who succeeded – in his term. The second with the team – in drawing with Al-Wasl without goals in the last round, raising its score to 12 points, and taking a big step away from the relegation struggle.

Memory of victories

Al Ain was able to regain the memory of victories after being besieged by negative results for three rounds, as it defeated Al Nassr 4-1 in a match that witnessed the brilliance of Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi, who was able to score his first brace this season in one match, which is his fourth brace in the league, since He joined Al Ain, raising his goals tally with Al-Zaeem to 33 goals.

Rahimi surpassed the record of Argentine Jose Sande, who was ranked 12th on Al Ain’s list of top scorers in the league, and is now two goals away from equaling the Ivorian club’s record, Abu Bakr Sango, who has 35 goals.

4 clubs stay away from the competition

Al-Wahda, Al-Nasr, Al-Jazira and Al-Wasl clubs took another step away in the race to compete for the league title, by losing in the 13th round, declaring that the struggle for the title was confined between Al-Sharjah and Shabab Al-Ahly.

Iranian coach Farhad Majidi led his new team (Al-Bataeh) to victory over its host, Al-Wahda, so that Al-Raqi achieved the second victory in a row for the first time this season. Al-Ain also cut the thin thread that linked victory to the competition, after defeating them by four.

Al-Jazira fell to sixth place after its loss to Shabab Al-Ahly, leaving its score at 21 points, 13 points behind Al-Sharjah, the leader, while Al-Wasl (the defending champion) remained in seventh place with 17 points after its loss from Al-Sharjah.

First loss at home

Kalba suffered its first loss at home this season, when it fell to Baniyas after playing six matches without losing, winning three and drawing the same, achieving another negative record by not scoring any goal for the first time as well, as it had previously scored 15 goals in all matches. Which took place on his home field.

Khor Fakkan also suffered its second loss in a row under the leadership of its coach, the citizen Abdul Majeed Al-Nemr, against Ajman with two unanswered goals, which was the second successive victory for the “Orange” in the league, at a time when Al-Orouba’s chances of remaining among the ranks of professional clubs diminished by suffering its 12th loss this season against Dibba. Al Hosn 1-2.

304 goals in 90 matches… and Lapa is in the lead

The 13th round raised the goals of the first round to 304 in 90 matches, with a goal rate of 3.38 per match, while 43 matches resulted in a clean sheet.

Al Ain striker Laba Kodjo still maintains the top scorer in the league with 15 goals, five goals behind Al Wahda striker, Syrian Omar Khribin, who has 10 goals to his credit.

. Sharjah breaks the Zabeel Stadium knot… and the “Dubai Knights” do not know the taste of loss.