AL AIN. Al Ain beat Al Jazira 3-2 thanks to K. Fo who scored in the 37th and 90th minute.
The match was played at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Al Ain on Saturday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Adel Al Naqbi with the support of Mohammed Ahmed Yousuf and Saeed Rashid Al-Marzooqi. The 4th official was Naser AlAli. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.8 degrees Celsius or 64.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
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 Ain 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 Ain was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ain won the match.
Al Ain shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Jazira shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Ain received 4 yellow cards (Kodjo Fo Doh Laba, Falah Waleed, Khalid Eisa and Andriy Yarmolenko). On the other side, Al Jazira received 1 yellow card (Florin Tanase).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ain will have 31 points like Al Wahda to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Al Jazira will stay with 27 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ain will host Al Sharjah on the 7th of May with a 12-11 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ain (9 draws).
Al Jazira will play away agasint Al Wahda on the 8th of May with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).
Al Ain – Formation
Al Ain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Sergiy Rebrov decided to play with the following team: Khalid Essa Mohamed Bilal Saeed, Tin Jedvaj, Erik Jorgens de Menezes, Kouame Autonne, Andriy Yarmolenko, Bandar Mohammed Saeed Saleh Al Ahbabi, Falah Waleed, Khalid Al Baloushi, El Mehdi Moubarik, Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba and Soufiane Rahimi.
The home team had on the bench: Saeed Ahmed Abdulla Mohammad, Omar Saeed Mohammed Saleem Binsouaf Alesmaili, Matías Damián Palacios, Naser Al Shikali, Yahia Nader, Mohamad Saeed Bu Sanda Ahmed Theyab Al Falahi, Mohamed Ahmad Ali Gharib Juma, Caio Canedo Corrêa and Rafael António Pereira.
Substitutions
Al Ain made 4 changes: Falah Waleed for Yahya Nader (46′), E. El Moubarik for Julián Palacios (67′), Khalid Al Baloushi for Caio (84′) and Andriy Yarmolenko for R. Pereira (90′).
Al Jazira – Formation
Al Jazira started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marcel Keizer played with: Ali Khaseif Humad Khaseif Housani, Miloš Kosanović, Khalifa Alhammadi, Thulani Caleeb Serero, Saleem Rashid Obaid, Abdalla Ramadan, Oumar Traore, Zayed Sultan Ahmed Jassim Ibrahim Al Zaabi, Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al Hajeri, Florin Lucian Tănase and Bruno Conçeicão de Oliveira.
These were the players on the bench: Rakaan Almenhali, Achraf Bencharki, Zayed Abdulla Al Ameri, Mamadou Coulibaly, Nawaf Salem Dhawi, Aymen Hussein, Khalfan Mubarak Al Shamsi, Mohamed Jamal and Abdulla Idrees.
Substitutions
Al Jazira made 5 changes: Florin Tanase for Khalfan Mubarak (71′), Bruno for Achraf Bencharki (71′), Zayed Sultan for Abdullah Idrees (71′), O. Traoré for Zayed Al Ameri (84′) and Salem Rashid for Aymen Hussein (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.