Fall Season - Week Nine - November 15th

Arif Khan and the I-slam Media Crew are joined by Ibrahim Hindy as the playoff races in both division heat up, have a listen here.

8:00 PM Taqwa (2-6-0) vs Haya (5-1-2)

	Taqwa	Haya
Overall Rank	8th	1st
Division Rank	4th in Mecca	1st in Mecca
Week 8 Results	6-0 domination over Ikhlas	2-1 loss to Emaan
Week 2 Results: Score	0	5
Week 2 Results: PIMs	0	2
Week 2 DNPS	Zafir Rashid Sahil Mohammad	Abdur Nafea Zuberi
Week 2 Three Stars see here		1st: Ali Haroon 2nd: Sufyan Sheikh 3rd: Saleem Malik
Context	Taqwa still has life! They will need some help later on in the night from Emaan. However the best advice is for Taqwa to only concentrate on taking care of their own business as they are squaring off against the league’s top team	After coming off their first defeat of the season we get a chance to see Haya’s resiliency this Friday against a Taqwa team that is fighting for their playoff live.

9:00 PM Yaqeen (4-2-2) vs Sabr (3-1-4)

	Yaqeen	Sabr
Overall Rank	2nd	3rd
Division Rank	1st in Medina	2nd in Medina
Week 8 Results	4-2 loss to Ridha	2-2 to Ihsan
Week 2 Results: Score	1	1
Week 2 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 2 DNPS	Omar Sadat	Ali Murtaza Firasath Ali Mohammed Khandwala
Week 2 Three Stars see here	1st: Arslan Mian	2nd: Rahil Ahmed 3rd: Emad Hussain
Context	Last week they took unexpected ‘L’ at the hands of Ridha. Despite this they are still in the lead for the Medina Division. A win on Friday will put Yaqeen straight into the semi-finals	Sabr started off the season red-hot and many expected them to be the top team in the Medina Division. In recent weeks they have been labouring. Despite this Sabr can reclaim the top spot in the division with a win on Friday.

10:00 PM Emaan (4-3-1) vs Ikhlas (3-4-1)

	Emaan	Ikhlas
Overall Rank	4th	5th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	3rd in Mecca
Week 8 Results	2-1 victory over Haya	Shutout 6-0 by Taqwa
Week 2 Results: Score	1	3
Week 2 Results: PIMs	6	4
Week 2 DNPS	Azim Siddique Dawub Habib Kadir Motiwala	Ibrahim Khan Abraar Gangat
Week 2 Three Stars see here	2nd: Yusuf Ingar	1st: Adil Chohan 3rd: Adam Moftah
Context	What an impressive grind out win they had against Haya last week! If things line up their way in the 8pm game Emaan can make a serious challenge for the top seed in the division.	Ikhlas is currently on a four game losing streak. Having yet to secure a playoff spot, if Taqwa wins their game at 8pm the pressure goes to Ikhlas to win this game.

11:00 PM Ihsan (2-4-2) vs Ridha (2-4-2)

	Ihsan	Ridha
Overall Rank	6th	7th
Division Rank	3rd in Medina	4th in Medina
Week 8 Results	2-2 draw with Sabr	4-2 win over Yaqeen
Week 2 Results: Score	3	1
Week 2 Results: PIMs	4	2
Week 2 DNPS	Wesam Issawi Umer Buksh	Arif Bijabhai
Week 2 Three Stars see here	1st: Ajmal Esmatyar 3rd: Ammal Esmatyar	2nd: Emmad Khawaja
Context	Can lock up a playoff spot with a win over Ridha	Their playoff lives are in their own hands. They come into this matchup having won two straight and are hoping to ride that momentum for this Friday.

Fall Season - Week Eight - November 8th

Arif Khan and the I-Slam Media Crew try to make sense of all the madness that went down at the Trade Deadline, have a listen here.

There is only  three games left all against teams within your division. These are teams you are chasing in the standings. These are the three hardest games of the regular season as we teams look to clinch their spot for the playoffs.

8:00 PM Ikhlas (3-3-1) vs Taqwa (1-6-0)

	Ikhlas	Taqwa
Overall Rank	4th	8th
Division Rank	2nd in Mecca	4th in Mecca
Week 5 Results	8-3 loss to Ridha	2-0 loss to Ihsan
Week 1 Results: Score	1	0
Week 1 Results: PIMs	4	4
Week 1 DNPS	Ibrahim Khan Adnan Hashmi Emran Singh Adam Moftah	Ihtisham Qureshi
Week 1 Three Stars	1st: Adil Chohan 2nd: Yasir Hussain	3rd: Jawad Majeed
Trade-Deadline Activity	None	Acquired: Fuzail Thakur, Dawud Abdus-Samad, Zaid Toorawa, Khizer Lakhanpal, Humza Chaudhry Out: Dawud Habib, Taha Azhar, Naveed Mohammed, Sahil Mohammed, Zafir Rashid
Context	Lost three straight games in a row. They can end Taqwa’s dreams of making the playoffs with either a tie or a win.	It is all or nothing now! Taqwa was very active at the trade-deadline trying to shake things up. Taqwa must win this game to keep their playoff hopes alive.

9:00 PM Ridha (1-4-2) vs Yaqeen (4-1-2)

	Ridha	Yaqeen
Overall Rank	7th	2nd
Division Rank	4th in Medina	1st in Medina
Week 5 Results	8-3 victory  over to Ikhlas	5-2 win versus Emaan
Week 1 Results: Score	1	1
Week 1 Results: PIMs	0	0
Week 1 DNPS	Fahad Mohammad Talib Contractor Farooq Sani	Umair Ashraf Fuzail Thakur
Week 1 Three Stars	1st: Naeem Akhtar	2nd: Arssal Shahbuddin 3rd: Omar Husain
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: Mehmed Rizvanovic Out: Talib Contractor	Acquired: Zafir Rashid, Naveed Mohammed, Sahil Mohammed Out: Fuzail Thakur, Dawud Abdus-Samad, Zafir Rashid
Context	Looking to build off last week’s dominant performance and head in to their must win game against Ihsan even in points and with some momentum.	They are the new kings of the Medina division and are enjoying the views from the top!

10:00 PM Ihsan (2-4-1) vs Sabr (3-1-3)

	Ihsan	Sabr
Overall Rank	6th	3rd
Division Rank	3rd in Medina	2nd in Medina
Week 5 Results	2-0 shutout vs Taqwa	4-1 defeat to Haya
Week 1 Results: Score	2	3
Week 1 Results: PIMs	6	0
Week 1 DNPS	Wesam Issawi	Mohammed Khandwala
Week 1 Three Stars	2nd: Ammal Esmatyar	1st: Emad Hussain 3rd: Fahad Panchbhaya
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: Emad Mahmood, Aliudin Mohamed, Dawud Habib Out: Wesam Isaawi, Taha Azhar	Acquired: Talib Contractor Out: Ali Murtaza
Context	Ihsan hold on to the last playoff spot in the Medina Division. They are hoping to get at least one point so they can have some buffer between themselves and Ridha before next week’s big showdown	Sabr has been trending downwards with the most recent example of being thoroughly outplayed by Haya last week. A few veterans showed up late for their game last week suggesting maybe Sabr is becoming too complacent. They are no longer on top of the Medina Division and need to win this game to get their “mojo” back.

11:00 PM Emaan (3-3-1) vs Haya (5-0-2)

	Emaan	Haya
Overall Rank	5th	1st
Division Rank	3rd in Mecca	1st in Mecca
Week 5 Results	5-2 loss to Yaqeen	4-1 win over Sabr
Week 1 Results: Score	2	4
Week 1 Results: PIMs	14	2
Week 1 DNPS	Azim Siddique Salman Khalid Muhammed Abdus-Samad Kadir Motiwala	None
Week 1 Three Stars	2nd: Yusuf Ingar	1st: Akib Malik 3rd: Sadat Malik
Trade-Deadline Activity	Acquired: None Out: Aliudin Mohamed	None
Context	With Taqwa making big moves at the trade-deadline it is in Emaan’s best interest to clinch a playoff spot sooner rather than later.	Coming off an impressive victory over Sabr last week Haya looks to continue their winning ways against a vastly different Emaan team from Week 1.