DUBAI. Al Wasl defeated Al Bataeh 3-1 thanks to T. Chancalay who scored in the 43rd and 65th minute. Al Wasl was vastly better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Zabeel Stadium stadium in Dubai on Sunday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Eisa Mohamed assisted by Saeed Rashid Al-Marzooqi and Mohamed Hussain Darwish Ahmed Al maazmi. The 4th official was Saif Nabil. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.8 degrees Celsius or 71.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wasl was in firm control of the ball 61% while Al Bataeh was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wasl was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the match.
Al Wasl shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Al Bataeh shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Wasl received 2 yellow cards (Faris Khalil and S. Bouftini). Regarding the opposition, Al Bataeh received 1 yellow card (Mohammed Khalfan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Wasl will have 29 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Bataeh will stay with 14 points to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wasl will host Bani Yas on the 6th of May with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Al Wasl (6 draws).
Al Bataeh will host Dibba Al Fujairah on the 8th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Bataeh (0 draws).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl
46'
16'
63'
Al Wasl started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja decided to play with the following team: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Hazza Salem Mohammed Saeed Al Faresi, Faris Khalil, Soufiane Bouftini, Aleksandar Vasiljević, Hassan Ibrahim Jumaa Hasan Safar, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Ali Saleh, Gabriel Airton de Souza and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
The home team had on the bench: Luiz Guilherme Vieira da Silva, Siaka Sidibe, Rashed Fuad Ayoun, Abdelrahman Saleh Khamis, Suhail Abdulla, Luis Schlishting, Shehab Lashkari, Yousif Ali Almheiri and Ghanem Ahmed.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 3 changes: Faris Khalil for Abdulrahman Saleh (46′), Hassan Ibrahim for Siaka Sidibe (61′) and Gabrielzinho for Ghanem Ahmed (82′).
Al Bataeh – Formation
Al Bataeh
Al Bataeh started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Said Chkhit played with: Zayed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Artur Jorge Marques Amorim, Hamad Jasim, Abdulla Abbas Al Baloosh, Khamis Esmail Khamis Zayed, João Pedro Barradas Novais, Kwame Bonsu, Mohammed Khalfan Zayed Barout Al Harasi, Sékou Baba Gassama, Anatole Bertrand Abang and Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdalla Yousif Abdalla, Jeferson Douglas dos Santos Souza, , Mohammad Ahmad bin Yousuf Alshehhi, Abdulla Mohammad Kazim, Eisa Ahmed Hussain, Saif Rashid Nasir, and Saeed Ali Ibrahim Ali Suwaidan.
Substitutions
Al Bataeh made 2 changes: Abdulla Al Baloosh for Eisa Ahmed Hussain (7′) and Khamis Esmaeel for Saif Rashid (73′).
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
