MADINAT ZAID. Al Wasl had a surprising win over Al Dhafra with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Bouftini (15′) and a goal from T. Chancalay (89′).
The match was played at the Al Dhafra Stadium (Madinat Zaid) stadium in Madinat Zaid on Friday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Al Junaibi.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same 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 Dhafra was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Wasl that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Wasl was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the contest.
Al Dhafra shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Al Wasl shot 13 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Dhafra received 3 yellow cards (P. Pavlov, Mansor Al Harbi and Khalid Butti). On the opposite side, Al Wasl received 2 yellow cards (Yousif Ali Almheiri and S. Sidibe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Dhafra will stay with 7 points to hold in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl will have 38 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Dhafra will host Khorfakkan Club on the 6th of May with a 3-3 head to head.
Al Wasl will host Bani Yas on the 6th of May with a 13-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Wasl (6 draws).
Al Dhafra – Formation
Al Dhafra started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Aleksandar Veselinović decided to play with the following team: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Pedro Pavlov, Abdalla Alrefaey, Georgi Milanov, Sultan Al Ghaferi, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Walid Amber Esmail, Mohamed Rayhi and Tiago De Leonco.
The home team had on the bench: Hermann Niava Behiratche, Ibrahim Mohamed Alhammadi, Mansor Alharbi, Mohamed Junaibi, Rashed Muhayer Saeed Sari Al Ktebi, Ali Eid Ghumail, Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish, Walid Karoui and Isamail Alzaabi.
Substitutions
Al Dhafra made 4 changes: Sultan Al Ghafri for Mansoor Al Harbi (63′), M. Rayhi for Mohamed Al Junaibi (63′), Waleed Ambar for Hermann Niava Behiratche (78′) and Georgi Milanov for Walid Karoui (85′).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja played with: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Djameleddine Benlamri, Hazza Salem Mohammed Saeed Al Faresi, Yousif Ali Almheiri, Soufiane Bouftini, Felipe Alejandro Gutiérrez Leiva, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Ali Saleh, Siaka Sidibe and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
These were the players on the bench: Ghanem Ahmed, Suhail Abdulla, Luis Schlishting, Naser Salem, Hassan Ibrahim Jumaa Hasan Safar, Atiq Esam Atiq, Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi, Julián Pablo Glavocic and Khamis Nasser Khamis.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 2 changes: Felipe Gutiérrez for Hassan Ibrahim (74′) and T. Chancalay for Julián Pablo Glavocic (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.