KALBA. Al Ain succeeded in turn the tables against Al Ittihad Kalba.
The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi assisted by Masood Hassan Ismail and Turki Al-Zaabi. The 4th official was Bader Bujamhoor. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.1 degrees Celsius or 73.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 7 Total 9
- 2 On Target 2
- 5 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 92 Attack 94
- 59 Dangerous attack 37
- 78 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 1
- 8 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 18
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was the same 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 Ain was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Ittihad Kalba that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ain was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ain won the match.
Al Ain shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Ain received 1 yellow card (Kouame Kouadio). On the opposite side, Al Ittihad Kalba received 3 yellow cards (D. Bessa, A. Diaby and Waleed Rashid).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ain will have 34 points like Al Sharjah and Al Wahda to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba will stay with 24 points to sit in the 8th 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 Ittihad Kalba will host Ajman on the 6th of May with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Ajman (2 draws).
Al Ain – Formation
Al Ain started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Farhad Majidi 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, Ahmed Barman Ali B Shamroukh Hammoudi, El Mehdi Moubarik, Caio Canedo Corrêa, Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba and Soufiane Rahimi.
The home team had on the bench: Rafael António Pereira, Mohamed Ahmad Ali Gharib Juma, Khalid Al Baloushi, Falah Waleed, Matías Damián Palacios, Eisa Khalfan Zayed Dawi Alharasi, Naser Al Shikali, Mohamad Saeed Bu Sanda Ahmed Theyab Al Falahi and Saeed Ahmed Abdulla Mohammad.
Substitutions
Al Ain made 4 changes: E. El Moubarik for Julián Palacios (62′), Caio Canedo for Khalid Al Baloushi (74′), Andriy Yarmolenko for R. Pereira (90′) and S. Rahimi for Falah Waleed (90′).
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation
Al Ittihad Kalba started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Sergiy Rebrov played with: Eisa Houti, Igor Rossi Branco, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Sultan Alzaabi, Waleed Rashid, Filip Kiss, Habib Fardan Abdualla, Daniel Bessa, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi and Leandro Spadacio Leite.
These were the players on the bench: Yaser Alblooshi, Eduardo Kempf Schwade, Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri, Brian Aramis Ramírez, Ahmed Abdulla Jshak, Mohamed Sabeel, Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Abdoulay Diaby and Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Ahmed Al Naqbi for Abdoulay Diaby (46′), D. Bessa for Brian Aramis Ramírez (74′), Sultan Alzaabi for Eduardo Kempf Schwade (81′), Leandro Spadacio for Yaser Alblooshi (81′) and Habib Al Fardan for Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Khorfakkan Club – Al Sharjah – 1-0
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Ain – 2-3
- Al Wasl – Al Nasr – 2-0