MADINAT ZAID. Al Ittihad Kalba conquers Al Dhafra with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Bessa (75′) and a goal from H. Al (90′).
The match was played at the Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium stadium in Madinat Zaid on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Khalid Bu Hasan who was helped by Yasser Al Murshidi and Abdalla Almaazmi. The 4th official was Hasan Ali Mohamed Hassan Al Blooshi.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 4 Total 9
- 0 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 96 Attack 115
- 48 Dangerous attack 58
- 87 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Dhafra was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Ittihad Kalba that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad Kalba had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittihad Kalba won the match.
Al Dhafra shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Al Ittihad Kalba shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Dhafra received 2 yellow cards (P. Pavlov and Rashed Muhayer). Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba received 1 yellow card (Sultan Alzaabi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Dhafra will stay with 7 points to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 24 points to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Dhafra will host Khorfakkan Club on the 6th of May with a 3-3 head to head.
Al Ittihad Kalba will host Ajman on the 6th of May with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Ajman (2 draws).
Al Dhafra – Formation
Al Dhafra started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Aleksandar Veselinović decided to play with the following team: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Rashed Muhayer Saeed Sari Al Ktebi, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Pedro Pavlov, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Georgi Milanov, Sultan Al Ghaferi, Mohamed Junaibi, Mohamed Rayhi and Tiago De Leonco.
The home team had on the bench: Abdalla Alrefaey, Walid Karoui, Walid Amber Esmail, Mansor Alharbi, Mohamed Jalal, Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Isamail Alzaabi and Ali Eid Ghumail.
Substitutions
Al Dhafra made 4 changes: Sultan Al Ghafri for Khalid Al Darmaki (70′), Mohamed Al Junaibi for Ali Eid Ghumail (79′), P. Pavlov for Walid Karoui (79′) and M. Rayhi for Waleed Ambar (85′).
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation
Al Ittihad Kalba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Farhad Majidi played with: Eisa Houti, Igor Rossi Branco, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Sultan Alzaabi, Waleed Rashid, Filip Kiss, Daniel Bessa, Alexandru Cicâldău, Brian Aramis Ramírez, Leandro Spadacio Leite and Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri.
These were the players on the bench: Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Abdoulay Diaby, Yaser Alblooshi, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi, Mohamed Sabeel, Eduardo Kempf Schwade, Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi, Fahad Batout and Habib Fardan Abdualla.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Sultan Alzaabi for Eduardo Kempf Schwade (79′), B. Ramírez for Habib Al Fardan (79′), Sultan Adill Alamiri for Ahmed Al Naqbi (84′), D. Bessa for Mohammed Sabeel (90′) and Leandro Spadacio for Abdoulay Diaby (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Al Wahda – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 1-1
- Al Nasr – Khorfakkan Club – 1-0
- Al Dhafra – Al Ittihad Kalba – 0-2
- Al Sharjah – Ajman – 4-0