DUBAI. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had a surprising win over Al Dhafra with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Ganiev (23′) and a goal from F. Cartabia (63′).

The match was played at the Al-Rashid Stadium stadium in Dubai on Tuesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Salem Khalfan with the support of Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdullah Suqatari Al Mahri and Juma Al Mukhaini. The 4th official was Amer Aldhubiea. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28 degrees Celsius or 82.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

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

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Dhafra that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won the match​.

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Dhafra shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai received 2 yellow cards (F. Cartabia and Eid Khamis Alnuaimi). On the other side, Al Dhafra received 1 yellow card (Cláudio).

Standings

After playing this contest, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will have 36 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Al Dhafra will stay with 7 points to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

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

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

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Formation

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim decided to play with the following team: Majed Naser Humaid Bakhit Maqdemi, Walid Abbas Murad Yousuf Al Balooshi, Ahmed Abdulla Jamil, Renan Victor da Silva, Bader Nasser Abaelaziz, Federico Nicolás Cartabia, Ahmad Nourollahi, Azizjon Ganiev, Yuri Cesar Santos de Oliveira Silva, Yahya Alghassani and Omar Maher Khribin.

The home team had on the bench: Cheickna Doumbia, Gustavo Silva de Oliveira, Harib Abdalla Suhail Al Musharrkh Al Maazmi, Marwan Fahad Hamza, Abdalla Al Naqbi, Tariq Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Abdelaziz Husain Haikal Mubarak Al Balooshi, Eid Khamis Eid and Hassan Hamza Ali Hussain Almaazmi.

Substitutions

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made 5 changes: Renan for Eid Khamis Eid (27′), Omar Khribin for Cheickna Doumbia (65′), Yuri César for Harib Abdalla Suhail (66′), A. Ganiev for Gustavo Silva de Oliveira (82′) and Yahya Al Ghassani for Abdullah Al Naqbi (82′).

Al Dhafra – Formation

Al Dhafra started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Aleksandar Veselinović played with: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Rashed Muhayer Saeed Sari Al Ktebi, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Georgi Milanov, Sultan Al Ghaferi, Walid Karoui, Walid Amber Esmail and Tiago De Leonco.

These were the players on the bench: Hermann Niava Behiratche, Mohamed Junaibi, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Isamail Alzaabi, Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish, Abdalla Alrefaey, Ali Eid Ghumail, Mansor Alharbi and Mohamed Jalal.

Substitutions

Al Dhafra made 2 changes: Waleed Ambar for Hermann Niava Behiratche (56′) and W. Karoui for Mohamed Al Junaibi (85′).

Results of the day

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

• Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Al Dhafra – 2-0