DUBAI. Al Nasr prevails over Khorfakkan Club 1-0 after A. Taarabt scored just 1 goal (69′).

The match was played at the Rashid Al-Maktoum Stadium stadium in Dubai on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Eisa Mohamed with the assistance of Ahmed Saeed Alasal Alrashidi and Masood Hassan Ismail. The 4th official was Khalid Ali Mohamed Ali Mahmoud Al Mulla.

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 had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Nasr was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Khorfakkan Club that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Nasr had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nasr won the match​.

Al Nasr shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Khorfakkan Club shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Al Nasr received 3 yellow cards (Tozé, Gláuber and Jassim Yaqoob). On the other side, Khorfakkan Club received 1 yellow card (Masoud Sulaiman).

Standings

After playing this contest, Al Nasr will have 14 points to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Khorfakkan Club will stay with 16 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Nasr will host Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on the 7th of May with a 19-7 head to head statistic in favor of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (9 draws).

Khorfakkan Club will play away agasint Al Dhafra on the 6th of May with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Al Nasr – Formation

Al Nasr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Goran Tomić decided to play with the following team: Ahmed Mohamed Shambieh, Mohammed Fawzi Jawhar Faraj Abdullah Al Jahwar, Abdelaziz Mohamed Sanqour Qambar Mubarak Al Mazam, Rashed Mohamed Omer, Samir Memišević, Gláuber Siqueira dos Santos Lima, Adel Taarabt, António José Pinheiro de Carvalho, Hussain Mahdi Mohammed, Peniel Kokou Mlapa and Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça.

The home team had on the bench: Kodjo Jean Claude Aziangbe, Abdualla Mohd Ismail Abdulghafoor Al Tamim, Mohammed Saleh Barghash Jaralla Al Menhali, Hamdan Ismaeel Mohamed Al Kamali, Jassim Yaqoob Salman Mohammed Al Balooshi, Yacob Hassan Mohamed, Saoud Abdulrazaq, Mayed Ali Abdulrahman Almahmoodi Alteneiji and Abdulla Anwar.

Substitutions

Al Nasr made 4 changes: Mohammed Fawzi for Mohammed Al Menhali (21′), Rashed Omar for Hamdan Al Kamali (65′), P. Mlapa for Abdulla Anwar (90′) and Tozé for Jassim Al Balooshi (90′).

Khorfakkan Club – Formation

Khorfakkan Club started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Abdul Azeez Mohamed Al Anberi played with: Ahmed Al Hosani, Lazar Rosić, Masoud Sulaiman, Ali Mohamed Khameis, Adel Sabil Moosa, Mehdi Abeid, Raphael Guimarães de Paula, Khaleil Khameis Salem, Aylton Filipe Boa Morte, Fábio Gonçalves Abreu and Antonio Valmor Assis Da Silva Junior.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Fahad Salim Hadeed Obeid Gharib, Ismaeel Salem Ismaeel Saeed Al Hamadi, Khalaf Mohammed Al Hosani, Abdulrahman Yousuf Khamis Mubarak Khamis, Saymon De Barros Cabral, Benjamin Ayim, Salim Ali Ibrahim, Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Juma Ashoori and Ahmed Sulaiman Ahmed Kharkhash Alzeyoudi.

Substitutions

Khorfakkan Club made 5 changes: Khaleil Khameis for B. Ayim (82′), Juninho for Ismael Al Hammadi (82′), Adel Subeel for Ahmed Al Zeyoudi (89′), Ali Al Dhanhani for Khalaf Al Hosani (90′) and M. Abeid for Saymon (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