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Kalba and Al Nasr host Al Jazira and Al Ain in Etisalat Cup tomorrow

Two matches will be played tomorrow Thursday December 2nd,  in the second day of round 6 of the Etisalat Cup Competition with Kalba facing Al Jazira at their pitch, kick off at 4:40pm and Al Nasr hosting Al Ain at Al Maktoum Stadium at 4:45pm in Dubai. This week's matches will be concluded on Friday 3rd of December when Sharjah meet Al Shabab at Sharjah Stadium at 4:50pm, Al Dhafra host Bani Yas at Al Gharbia ground and Al Ahli tackle it out against visitors Al Wasl at Rashid Stadium, kick off at 8pm.

 In tomorrow's first game Kalba need to work hard with all the hope to beat Al Jazira to maintain their first win and add more three points that can help them to be close to the leading teams of group "B". They have five points from five draws as they did not win or lose through the entire 1st round. But the visiting squad, Al Jazira, who are in the 3rd position with eight points, are looking for the leadership of the group which they lost it in the last week following their 2-2 draw against the same team, at the time Al Wasl emerged winners against Al Ahli to top the table with a balance of nine points.

 Sharjah Stadium will witness a crucial encounter when Dubai-based Al Nasr face Al Ain in the second game of the day scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The two teams ended their previous game, played at Tahnoon Bin Mohammed      Stadium, with a 1-1 draw. The visiting team, Al Ain, are currently staying at the top of the table of group "A" with nine points, one point ahead of their hosts who are taking the 2nd place with 8 points. The home team are expected to face their rivals with the same lineup probables led by Carlos Tenero from Ecuador and Ismail Bangoura from Guinea whom their coach Eid Baroot fielded them in the last match. But Al Ain are going to have their two strikers back, Argentinean Sand and Juma'a Saeed from Ivory Coast and at the same time they will miss the efforts of six of their key players who are in national duties with the senior National team who are to face Saudi Arabia tomorrow evening in the GCC semifinal match in Yemen along with their third professional player Ibrahima Keyta after collecting three yellow cards. Hamad Al Mary will replace Keyta in the midfield zone besides Abdullah Mal Allah.