KALBA. Al Ittihad Kalba defeated Al Jazira to win 2-1. A. Al was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Ittihad Kalba to strike first with an early goal of Ahmed Al Naqbi at the 6′. Then it was a penalty in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ahmed Al Naqbi gave the win to Al Ittihad Kalba in the 88′ minute with a goal scoring a double.

The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Sunday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Mohamed with the help of Sabet Al Ali and Salah Salim. The 4th official was Hasan Ali Mohamed Hassan Al Blooshi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.1 degrees Celsius or 70.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad Kalba was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Jazira that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Jazira was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Al Ittihad Kalba was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Ittihad Kalba shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Jazira shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad Kalba received 2 yellow cards (Mohammad Subil and Yaser Alblooshi). Talking about the opposition, Al Jazira received 1 yellow card (Khalifa Al Hammadi).

Standings

After this match, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 20 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Al Jazira will stay with 23 points like Ajman to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ittihad Kalba will host Ajman on the 6th of May with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Ajman (2 draws).

Al Jazira will play away agasint Al Wahda on the 8th of May with a 15-12 head to head record in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).

Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation

Al Ittihad Kalba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Farhad Majidi decided to play with the following team: Eisa Houti, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Mohamed Sabeel, Abdulaziz Hamad Al Hamhami, Waleed Rashid, Filip Kiss, Habib Fardan Abdualla, Alexandru Cicâldău, Brian Aramis Ramírez, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi and Leandro Spadacio Leite.

The home team had on the bench: Jamal Abdallah Ali, Yaser Alblooshi, Zackariah Mohammed, Adeel Wgdan Mahmood Alchadli, Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi, Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri, Sultan Alzaabi, Mohamed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohammed Almaazmi and Ahmed Abdulla Jshak.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: B. Ramírez for Z. Mohammed (46′), Habib Al Fardan for Sultan Adill Alamiri (65′), Leandro Spadacio for Yaser Alblooshi (64′), Waleed Rashid for Khalid Alzari (70′) and Abdulaziz Al Hamhami for Mohamed Abdelrahman Almaazmi (79′).

Al Jazira – Formation

Al Jazira started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marcel Keizer played with: Ali Khaseif Humad Khaseif Housani, Miloš Kosanović, Abdulla Idrees, Khalifa Alhammadi, Thulani Caleeb Serero, Khalfan Mubarak Al Shamsi, Abdalla Ramadan, Oumar Traore, Zayed Sultan Ahmed Jassim Ibrahim Al Zaabi, Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al Hajeri and Achraf Bencharki.

They had on the bench: Ahmed Mahmoud, Bruno Conçeicão de Oliveira, Zayed Abdulla Al Ameri, Nawaf Salem Dhawi, Mohamed Jamal, Florin Lucian Tănase, Mamadou Coulibaly, Abulla Alhammadi and Filip Novák.

Substitutions

Al Jazira made 4 changes: A. Bencharki for Zayed Al Ameri (46′), Abdulla Idrees for F. Novák (46′), Khalfan Mubarak for Florin Tanase (46′) and Zayed Sultan for Bruno (89′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Uae League.​

• Al Bataeh – Al Ain – 2-3
• Al Sharjah – Al Nasr – 1-1
• Al Wasl – Khorfakkan Club – 3-0
• Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Jazira – 2-1