MADINAT ZAID. Al Ain had a straightforward win over Al Dhafra. Al Ain scored with Erik (5′), Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (45′), Andriy Yarmolenko (47′), S. Rahimi (56′) and S. Rahimi (88′). On the other side, Tiago (8′) scored for Al Dhafra.

The match was played at the Al Dhafra Stadium (Madinat Zaid) stadium in Madinat Zaid on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Yousif Al Jasmi who had the assistance of Ahmed Saeed Alasal Alrashidi and Mohamed Ali Hilal. The 4th official was Khalid Bu Hasan.

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 Dhafra was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Ain that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Ain was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ain won the match.​

Al Dhafra shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ain shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Al Dhafra received 1 yellow card (Khalid Butti). On the other side, Al Ain received 2 yellow cards (Kouame Kouadio and Kodjo Fo Doh Laba).

Standings

After this match, Al Dhafra will stay with 7 points to hold in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ain will have 28 points to hold in the 5th 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 stats.

Al Ain will host Al Sharjah on the 7th of May with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Al Ain (9 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 Hassan Al Qamish, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Rashed Muhayer Saeed Sari Al Ktebi, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Pedro Pavlov, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Georgi Milanov, Walid Karoui, Tiago De Leonco and Ahmed Fawzi.

The home team had on the bench: Abdalla Alrefaey, Mohamed Junaibi, Mohamed Rayhi, Walid Amber Esmail, Mansor Alharbi, Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Isamail Alzaabi, Ali Eid Ghumail and Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki.

Substitutions

Al Dhafra made 4 changes: W. Karoui for Mohamed Rayhi (46′), Ahmed Fawzi for Mohamed Al Junaibi (51′), Khalid Butti for Ali Eid Ghumail (51′) and Rashed Muhayer for Mansoor Al Harbi (63′).

Al Ain – Formation

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

Sergiy Rebrov played with: Khalid Essa Mohamed Bilal Saeed, Tin Jedvaj, Erik Jorgens de Menezes, Kouame Autonne, Andriy Yarmolenko, Bandar Mohammed Saeed Saleh Al Ahbabi, Ahmed Barman Ali B Shamroukh Hammoudi, Khalid Al Baloushi, El Mehdi Moubarik, Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba and Soufiane Rahimi.

These were the players on the bench: Naser Al Shikali, Falah Waleed, Caio Canedo Corrêa, Jonathan Santos, Omar Saeed Mohammed Saleem Binsouaf Alesmaili, Sultan Abdulla Saeed Al Mantheri, Rafael António Pereira, Saeed Ahmed Abdulla Mohammad and Mohamed Ahmad Ali Gharib Juma.

Substitutions

Al Ain made 5 changes: S. Rahimi for Caio (75′), Andriy Yarmolenko for J. Santos (75′), Khalid Al Baloushi for Falah Waleed (83′), Kouame Kouadio for R. Pereira (83′) and Bandar Mohamed for Mohammed Ahmed (88′).

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