ABU DHABI. Al Wahda overcome Al Bataeh to win 2-1. A goal from F. Kruspzky was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Al Wahda to strike first with a goal of Sebastián Tagliabúe at the 51′. Then it was a goal in the 63′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Facundo Kruspzky gave the win to Al Wahda in the 90′ minute with a goal.
João Novais missed a decisive penalty (60′). That would have allowed Al Bataeh to draw the match.
The match was played at the Al-Nahyan Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Al Junaibi who had the assistance of Ahmed Saeed Alasal Alrashidi and Amer Ali Ahmed Mohammed Al Qadri. The 4th official was Ali Al Zarouni. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.1 degrees Celsius or 69.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Wahda was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Bataeh that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Wahda had a more offensive attitude with 112 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wahda won the match.
Al Wahda shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Al Bataeh shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Wahda received 3 yellow cards (Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Lucas Pimenta and Mahmoud Khamis). On the other side, Al Bataeh received 4 yellow cards (Mohammed bin Yousef, Kwame Bonsu, Eisa Ahmed Hussain and Abdullah Yousef).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Wahda will have 34 points like Al Ain and Al Sharjah to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Al Bataeh will stay with 15 points to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wahda will host Al Jazira on the 8th of May with a 15-12 head to head in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).
Al Bataeh will host Dibba Al Fujairah on the 8th of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Al Bataeh (0 draws).
Al Wahda – Formation
Al Wahda
84'
44'
90'
Al Wahda adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Manuel Enrique Jiménez Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Al Shamsi, Abdulla Alkarbi, Alaeddine Zouhir, Lucas Pimenta Peres Lopes, Mohamed Ali, Adrien Sebastian Perruchet Silva, Allan Marques Loureiro, Matheus Fellipe Costa Pereira, Tahnoon Alzaabi, Abdulla Hamad Mohamed Salmeen Al Menhali and João Pedro Pereira dos Santos.
The home team had on the bench: Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe, Mahmoud Khamis Saeed Khamis Saeed Al Hammadi, Waleed Hussain Hassan Abdulla, Facundo Daniel Kruspzky, Ahmed Rashid Sultan Alkhabail Almehrzi, Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi, Abdulla Ahmed, Rashed Ali and Ruben Filipe Canedo Amaral.
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 4 changes: Mohamed Ali for Mahmoud Khamis (19′), Tahnoon Al Zaabi for Sebastian Tagliabue (46′), Adrien Silva for Facundo Kruspzky (77′) and Abdullah Al Karbi for Ismael Matar (84′).
Al Bataeh – Formation
Al Bataeh
Also Al Bataeh adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Said Chkhit played with: Abdalla Yousif Abdalla, Artur Jorge Marques Amorim, Hamdan Naser Masoud, Eisa Ahmed Hussain, João Pedro Barradas Novais, Kwame Bonsu, Mohammed Khalfan Zayed Barout Al Harasi, Mohammad Ahmad bin Yousuf Alshehhi, Sékou Baba Gassama, Anatole Bertrand Abang and Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues.
They had on the bench: Fahad Sabil Obeid, Omar Ahmed Johar Farhan Al Hammadi, Abdalla Abdulrahman Mohammed, Saeed Ali Ibrahim Ali Suwaidan, Saif Rashid Nasir, Hamad Jasim, Rashid Abdalla Suhail, Hamad Mohamed Jalal Hassan Al Mazam and Jeferson Douglas dos Santos Souza.
Substitutions
Al Bataeh made 2 changes: Mohammed bin Yousef for Hamad Jassim (79′) and S. Gassama for Saif Rashid (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
