DUBAI. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was finally too good for Al Bataeh with the goal of F. Cartabia (16′ pen), Yuri César (35′) and Igor Jesus (90′ pen). Shabab Al Ahli Dubai capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Al-Rashid Stadium stadium in Dubai on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Hamad Ali Yousef who had the assistance of Ahmed Saeed Alasal Alrashidi and Qais Al Khaddeim. The 4th official was Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25 degrees Celsius or 77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had a superior ball possession 60% while Al Bataeh was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had a more offensive attitude with 52 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 opposite side, Al Bataeh shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai received 2 yellow cards (Guilherme Bala and Guilherme Bala). Regarding the opposition, Al Bataeh received 2 yellow cards (Kwame Bonsu and Hamad Mohamed Jalal Hassan Al Mazam).

Also, Al Bataeh didn’t end the match with 11 players after Kweku Estine (Al Bataeh) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will have 49 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Bataeh will stay with 18 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will play away with Al Nasr on the 18th of April with a 19-7 head to head stats in favor of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (9 draws).

Al Bataeh will host Dibba Al Fujairah on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Bataeh (0 draws).

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: Mohammed Marzooq Abdulla Mohammed Al Matroushi, Majed Naser Humaid Bakhit Maqdemi, Ahmed Abdulla Jamil, Abdelaziz Husain Haikal Mubarak Al Balooshi, Renan Victor da Silva, 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: Jamal Ismail Jamal, Eid Khamis Eid, Khaled Salem, Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz, Tariq Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Hassan Hamza Ali Hussain Almaazmi, Abdalla Al Naqbi, Harib Abdalla Suhail Al Musharrkh Al Maazmi and Guilherme da Silva Gonçalves.

Substitutions

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made 5 changes: Majed Naser for Hassan Hamza Ali Hussain (60′), Omar Khribin for Igor Jesus (75′), Yuri César for Guilherme Bala (75′), Yahya Al Ghassani for Harib Abdalla Suhail (75′) and F. Cartabia for Abdullah Al Naqbi (86′).

Al Bataeh – Formation

Al Bataeh started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Said Chkhit played with: Zayed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Fahad Sabil Obeid, Artur Jorge Marques Amorim, Hamad Jasim, Kweku Estine, Saif Rashid Nasir, Kwame Bonsu, Mohammad Ahmad bin Yousuf Alshehhi, Sékou Baba Gassama, Hamad Mohamed Jalal Hassan Al Mazam and Anatole Bertrand Abang.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Saud Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed Al Ansari, Hamza Nasib, Abdalla Abdulrahman Mohammed, , Abdulla Mohammad Kazim, Ahmed Mohmed Ahmed Hussain Al Ali, Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues, João Pedro Barradas Novais and Abdalla Yousif Abdalla.

Substitutions

Al Bataeh made 4 changes: Saif Rashid for Abdalla Abdulrahman Mohammed (58′), Yuri César for Abdulla Mohammad Kazim (66′), A. Abang for Lourency (83′) and Mohammed bin Yousef for João Novais (83′).

Results of the day

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

• Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Al Bataeh – 3-0