AL SHARJAH. Al Ittihad Kalba conquered Al Sharjah to win 2-1. A goal from S. Sultan was decisive in the 90min. It was Al Ittihad Kalba to strike first with a goal of A. Jshak at the 15′. Then Ahmed Al Naqbi scored again for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 90′ minute. Eventually, Salem Sultan reduced the distance for Al Sharjah (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

Miralem Pjanic missed a decisive penalty (79′). That would have allowed Al Sharjah to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Sharjah Stadium stadium in Al Sharjah on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd with the support of Khamis Fayroz and Qais Al Khaddeim. The 4th official was Suhail Abdulla Ali.

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Al Sharjah 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 Sharjah had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Al Ittihad Kalba managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Sharjah shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ittihad Kalba shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Al Sharjah received 3 yellow cards (Majid Rashid, Salem Sultan and Hamad Fahad). On the other side, Al Ittihad Kalba received 2 yellow cards (F. Kiss and Mohamed Abdelrahman Almaazmi).

Standings

After this match, Al Sharjah will stay with 42 points to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 32 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Sharjah will play away with Al Nasr on the 11th of May with a 12-12 head to head record.

Al Ittihad Kalba will play away agasint Al Jazira on the 25th of May with a 14-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Jazira (2 draws).

Al Sharjah – Formation

Al Sharjah started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu decided to play with the following team: Darwish Mohamed Obaid Mohamed Bin Habib, Konstantinos Manolas, Khaled Ebraheim Helal Ebraheim Aldhanhani, Gustavo Alex Mueller, Hamad Fahad, Khalid Abdulraheem Mohamed Bawazir, Majid Ibrahim Surour, Majid Rashid Al-Mehrzi, Francisco Alcácer García, Jorge Djaniny Tavares Semedo and Ousmane Camara.

The home team had on the bench: Abdelaziz Salim Ali, Abdulla Ghanim Juma, Saeed Al Kaabi, Salem Saleh Mussallam Salem Al Rejaibi, Saleem Sultan Salem Saeed Al Sharjee, Caio Lucas Fernandes, Miralem Pjanić, Alhusain Saleh Easa Ali and Mayed Muhsin.

Substitutions

Al Sharjah made 5 changes: O. Camara for Caio (46′), Khalid Bawazir for Miralem Pjanić (46′), Djaniny for Salem Saleh (66′), K. Manolas for Salem Sultan (66′) and Hamad Fahad for Al Hussain Saleh (73′).

Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation

Al Ittihad Kalba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Farhad Majidi played with: Eisa Houti, Igor Rossi Branco, Mohamed Sabeel, Abdulaziz Hamad Al Hamhami, Waleed Rashid, Filip Kiss, Daniel Bessa, Alexandru Cicâldău, Abdoulay Diaby, Ahmed Abdulla Jshak and Sultan Adill Mohamed Abdalla Alamiri.

They had on the bench: Mohamed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohammed Almaazmi, Habib Fardan Abdualla, Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Yaser Alblooshi, Khaled Nasser Al Rezzi, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi, Zackariah Mohammed, Sultan Alzaabi and Adeel Wgdan Mahmood Alchadli.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: A. Diaby for Zackariah Mohammed (59′), Waleed Rashid for Khalid Al Rezzi (74′), Alexandru Cicaldau for Habib Al Fardan (74′), Mohammad Subil for Mohamed Abdelrahman Almaazmi (90′) and A. Jshak for Ahmed Al Naqbi (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Bani Yas – Al Ain – 2-2
• Al Sharjah – Al Ittihad Kalba – 1-2
• Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Al Wasl – 2-2