Shabab Urdun aim to keep lead as league resumes

By Aline Bannayan - Nov 18,2015 - Last updated at Nov 18,2015

AMMAN — Week 7 of the 64th Jordan Professional Football League kicks off Thursday with Wihdat aiming to retake the lead from Shabab Urdun, who play Jazira.

Week 6 matches were postponed amid the downpour that left streets and stadiums flooded two weeks ago. The Jordan Football Association has now rescheduled matches so Week 6 will be played ahead of the conclusion of Leg 1.

Shabab Urdun now lead the standings following their beating of Sarih (1-0) and Faisali (3-0). Wihdat trail by one point after they lost 1-0 to rivals Faisali, as well as, Hussein Irbid. They next play Sarih hoping to jump back as leaders.

Hussein play Ramtha, who are now third after they beat Jazira 1-0. Kufrsoum, who lost to Ahli 1-0, next play newcomers Asala.

Ahli are now sixth ahead of their match against Baqa’a and That Ras, who are fourth, play Faisali.

The league had a one-week break to allow the national team’s regrouping for Group B qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup doubling as part of the qualification for 2019 Asian Cup. Jordan beat Malta 2-0 in a friendly, but lost to Kyrgyzstan 1-0 in the crucial qualifier and lost its Group B lead.

So far this season, Jordan Cup titleholders Faisali beat League titleholders Wihdat 1-0 to win the 33rd Super Cup. It was a much-needed win for Faisali after a disappointing 7th place finish the league last season as runner-up and third places went to Jazira and Ramtha.

League Standings

(Last week’s position in parenthesis)

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sh. Urdun (2)	5	3	1	1	8	5	10
Wihdat (1)	5	3	0	2	7	3	9
Ramtha (5)	5	2	2	1	6	5	8
That Ras (6)	5	2	2	1	5	4	8
Hussein (7)	5	2	2	1	6	7	8
Ahli (10)	5	2	1	2	2	3	7
Faisali (11)	5	2	1	2	4	6	7
Sarih (3)	5	1	3	1	5	4	6
Jazira (4)	5	1	3	1	2	1	6
Kufrsoum (8)	5	1	1	3	6	6	4
Baqa’a (9)	5	0	4	1	2	3	4
Asala (12)	5	0	2	3	4	9	2