KALBA. Al Wahda prevails over Al Ittihad Kalba with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by S. Tagliabúe (22′) and a goal from T. Al (42′).

F. Kiss didn’t score a decisive penalty (63′). That would have allowed Al Ittihad Kalba to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Omar Mohamed Al Ali with the help of Ali Rashad Mohamed Al Nuaimi and Sabet Al Ali. The 4th official was Abdalla Rashid. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

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

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad Kalba was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Wahda that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Wahda was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wahda won the contest.​

Al Ittihad Kalba shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wahda shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad Kalba received 1 yellow card (B. Ramírez). Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda received 5 yellow cards (Fares Jumaa, D. Bessa, Lucas Pimenta, Mahmoud Khamis and João Pedro).

Standings

After this match, Al Ittihad Kalba will stay with 21 points to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda will have 30 points to remain in the 3rd 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 Wahda will host Al Jazira 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, Igor Rossi Branco, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi, Mohamed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohammed Almaazmi, Filip Kiss, Habib Fardan Abdualla, Daniel Bessa, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi and Leandro Spadacio Leite.

The home team had on the bench: Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri, Yaser Alblooshi, Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Ahmed Abdulla Jshak, Sultan Alzaabi, Zackariah Mohammed, Abdoulay Diaby, Brian Aramis Ramírez and Waleed Rashid.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Habib Al Fardan for Sultan Alzaabi (46′), Ahmed Al Naqbi for Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri (46′), Habib Al Fardan for Brian Aramis Ramírez (46′), D. Bessa for Abdoulay Diaby (75′) and Khalid Alzari for Waleed Rashid (87′).

Al Wahda – Formation

Al Wahda started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Manuel Enrique Jiménez Jiménez played with: Mohamed Al Shamsi, Fares Juma Hasan Juma Al Saadi, Ruben Filipe Canedo Amaral, Alaeddine Zouhir, Lucas Pimenta Peres Lopes, Allan Marques Loureiro, Matheus Fellipe Costa Pereira, Tahnoon Alzaabi, Facundo Daniel Kruspzky, Abdulla Hamad Mohamed Salmeen Al Menhali and Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Ali, Gianluca Muniz, Rashed Ali, Abdulla Ahmed, Mubarek Salem Omar Ali Al Jaari, João Pedro Pereira dos Santos, Mahmoud Khamis Saeed Khamis Saeed Al Hammadi, Waleed Hussain Hassan Abdulla and Ahmed Rashid Sultan Alkhabail Almehrzi.

Substitutions

Al Wahda made 4 changes: Sebastián Tagliabúe for João Pedro (77′), Matheus Pereira for Waleed Hussain (77′), Facundo Kruspzky for Gianluca Muniz (83′) and Tahnoon Al Zaabi for Mahmoud Khamis (89′).

Results of the day

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

• Al Jazira – Khorfakkan Club – 1-1
• Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Wahda – 0-2
• Al Wasl – Al Bataeh – 3-1
• Al Dhafra – Al Ain – 1-4