KALBA. Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Wasl draw 1-1. B. Ramírez scored the first goal (3′) for Al Ittihad Kalba. F. Lima equalized (17′) with a penalty.
Alexandru Cicaldau squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Al Ittihad Kalba to win the match.
The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Eisa Mohamed with the collaboration of Yasser Al Murshidi and Mohamed Hussain Darwish Ahmed Al maazmi. The 4th official was Yousif Al Jasmi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.1 degrees Celsius or 73.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 6 Total 12
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 93 Attack 106
- 48 Dangerous attack 73
- 100 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 1
- 0 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 17 Total 16
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 2
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just identical 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 Ittihad Kalba 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 more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Al Wasl to win the contest.
Al Ittihad Kalba shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wasl shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad Kalba received 3 yellow cards (Abdulaziz Al Hamhami, F. Kiss and Sultan Adill Alamiri). Regarding the opposition, Al Wasl received 3 yellow cards (Yousif Ali Almheiri, Felipe Gutiérrez and Fábio Lima).
Also, Al Wasl didn’t finish the match with 11 players after
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 26 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Al Wasl will have 40 points like Al Ain and Al Wahda to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ittihad Kalba will host Ajman on the 6th of May with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Ajman (2 draws).
Al Wasl will host Bani Yas on the 6th of May with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Al Wasl (6 draws).
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation

Al Ittihad Kalba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Farhad Majidi decided to play with the following team: Eisa Houti, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Mohamed Sabeel, Abdulaziz Hamad Al Hamhami, Sultan Alzaabi, Filip Kiss, Daniel Bessa, Alexandru Cicâldău, Brian Aramis Ramírez, Leandro Spadacio Leite and Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri.
The home team had on the bench: Habib Fardan Abdualla, Mohamed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohammed Almaazmi, Zackariah Mohammed, Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Eduardo Kempf Schwade, Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi, Fahad Batout, Yaser Alblooshi and Abdoulay Diaby.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Sultan Alzaabi for Khalid Al Rezzi (49′), Abdulaziz Al Hamhami for Eduardo Kempf Schwade (83′), Leandro Spadacio for Yaser Alblooshi (83′), D. Bessa for Abdoulay Diaby (88′) and Sultan Adill Alamiri for Habib Al Fardan (88′).
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, Hazza Salem Mohammed Saeed Al Faresi, Abdelrahman Saleh Khamis, Yousif Ali Almheiri, Soufiane Bouftini, Felipe Alejandro Gutiérrez Leiva, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Ali Saleh, Siaka Sidibe and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Djameleddine Benlamri, Suhail Abdulla, Khamis Nasser Khamis, Faris Khalil, Atiq Esam Atiq, Julián Pablo Glavocic, Adama Diallo, Ghanem Ahmed and Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 3 changes: Yousif Ali Almheiri for Djamel Benlamri (67′), Felipe Gutiérrez for Fares Khalil (75′) and Ali Saleh for Julián Pablo Glavocic (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Al Sharjah – Al Bataeh – 3-0
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Wasl – 1-1
- Ajman – Al Jazira – 1-1