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Al Wahda host Dubai; Bani Yas face Al Shabab and Al Ain play Sharjah

The Etisalat Pro League fifth round matches will be concluded on Saturday November 26th  with three games where Al Wahda meet Dubai at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 4:50 pm; Al Shabab host their counterpart Bani Yas (4:45pm) and Al Ain play at home against Sharjah, kick off at 8.00pm. Al Wahda and Dubai are playing their third game in two weeks time as they met twice before in Etisalat Cup. Al Wahda have 7 points, the same balance of Al Ain and Al Shabab and they hope to win the three points. They depend on their Brazilian striker Bayano in addition to his countryman Magraow and the Omani Mohammad Al Shaba who was absent for three league  matches due to suspension , besides Basheir Saeed, Ismail Mattar, Essa Ahmed, Saeed Al Katheri and Khalid Jalal who were in national duty. Dubai have a lone point that put them at the bottom of the table, a situation which might make the game more difficult for both teams.

In the second match, Al Shabab, who performed well in the Etisalat Cup and are currently leading Group "B" with 7 points, will take on Bani Yas at Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium and they have no other alternative than to win the game to stay with the competing teams. Bani Yas have 4 points and they hope to turn a new page after signing the Argentinean coach Caldron who worked at the level of the GCC region with Al Hilal and al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia and Oman National Team. The match will not be easy for both teams especially for Al Shabab who are endeavoring to continue the strong performance they have demonstrated in the last period.

In the last game of the day, Al Ain who have 7 points from 3 games with one postponed game at hand against Al Ahli, will host Sharjah at Qattara Stadium, will rely much on their stars Yasir Al Qahtani in addition to Argentinean Scocco who showed good display in the last encounters as well as Asamoah Geyan. But the hosts will miss the efforts of their Romanian back midfielder Radio due to suspension for two games.

Despite of their poor results in the Etisalat Cup that put them out of contention, Sharjah stand as a difficult opponent in the league, and are able to give their rivals hard time through the tactics adopted by the Roman coach Tita. They will start the game with only 4 points in their balance from 3 matches, and have a postponed match against Al Shabab.