Competition intensifies in the struggle to rise to the «professional»

Until he stumbles and needs 4 points to climb. And the fortunes of Dibba Al-Hisn and the UAE rebound

Hatta leads the first division despite its recent loss to Al Arabi. Cinematographer: Osama Abu Ghanem

Hatta's task to qualify to play next season of the ADNOC Professional League became a little harder, after losing to Al-Arabi (3-1) in the 32nd round of the First Division, which concluded the day before yesterday, and rebounded in time

The same fortunes of Dibba Al Hisn and the Emirates, after Dibba Al Hisn beat Al Hamriyah with a clean treble, and the UAE beat Al Dhaid with a clean quadruple.

At the end of the matches of the 31st round, Hatta's balance froze at 68 points, compared to 63 for Dibba Al Hisn, and 62 for the Emirates team, three rounds before the end of the season.

Two teams from the first division will rise to the professional league, while the matches of the next round will be held 32 next Sunday.

Tough confrontations await Hatta

Hatta needs four points for official promotion if Dibba Al Hisn and Emirates continue to win.

Hatta awaits difficult matches, despite being with teams behind in the standings, namely 14th-placed Rams with 32 points, 16th Hispania Knights with 16 points, and 15th-placed City with 22 points, but they are considered difficult and strong confrontations, especially as the teams of "City" and the Knights of Hispania are competing for a card to stay in the first division.

The land and the public for the benefit of Dibba Al-Hisn

Dibba Al Hisn will play two of their remaining three matches at home and in front of their fans, looking forward to taking advantage of this feature, as they will play in the standings with seventh-placed Masafi with 43 points at home, and leave to face fourth-placed Masfoot with 49 points, before playing their last home match with 11th-placed Al Dhaid with 37 points.

«Hawks» need to serve others

The UAE team needs to win all three of its remaining matches, in addition to waiting for a service from other teams, by obstructing its rivals, as the UAE team will play at home with fifth-placed Al Arabi with 48 points in a difficult match, the sons of um Al Quwain are looking for a win to climb to fourth place, while they will play their next match away with their neighbor Al Rams in 14th place with 32 points, and their third match with the penultimate place Knights of Hispania with 16 points.

Survival competitions

Competing to avoid relegation to the second division three teams, namely City, Knights of Hispania and Baynouna, as one team will remain and two will fall, and the victory of the Knights of Hispania at home to «City» with three goals to two goals, and the loss of Baynouna to cooperation with three clean goals, in the intensification of the competition for survival, as the balance of the Knights of Hispania became 16 points in the penultimate place, while the balance of «City» froze at point 22 in 15th place, and Baynouna finally with 15, with three games left for each of Baynunah and Knights Spania, while only two games remain for City.

The Knights of Hispania need to win all their remaining games if City win their two matches as well to stay, while if they give up three points, and City get one point, the Knights of Hispania will leave for the second division.

As for Baynouna, they need to win all three of their matches, and the teams of 'City' and the Knights of Hispania stumbled by losing a game at the very least.