AJMAN. Ajman overcome Al Jazira to win 2-1. It was Ajman to strike first with a goal of Steve at the 19′. Then it was a penalty in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Ben Larbi gave the win to Ajman in the 63′ minute with a goal. Al Jazira was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
A. K. Housani received a red card (59′). This red card was one of the reason why Al Jazira lost the match.
The match was played at the Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed Stadium stadium in Ajman on Tuesday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Salem Khalfan who had the assistance of Ali Rashad Mohamed Al Nuaimi and Saeed Rashid Al-Marzooqi. The 4th official was Yousif Al Jasmi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.4 degrees Celsius or 83.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Jazira had a superior ball possession 61% while Ajman was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Jazira was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Ajman was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Ajman shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Jazira shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Ajman received 2 yellow cards (Steve and I. Faiz). Regarding the opposition, Al Jazira didn’t receive any yellow card.
Also, Al Jazira didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. K. Housani (Al Jazira) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (59′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Ajman will have 14 points like Al Wahda to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Al Jazira will stay with 16 points like Al Nasr and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Ajman will play away with Al Wahda on the 21st of November with a 11-5 head to head in favor of Al Wahda (4 draws).
Al Jazira will host Al Ain on the 20th of November with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Al Jazira (7 draws).
Ajman – Formation
Ajman
66'
63'
80'
Ajman started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Goran Tufegdžić decided to play with the following team: Ali Al Hosani, M. Samardžić, Waleed Al Yammahi, Mohammed Ismael, Saeed Suleiman Salem, M. Ben Alarbi, Mohammed bin Yousef, I. Faiz, Leandro Spadacio, Y. Mena and B. Trawally.
The home team had on the bench: Saoud Saeed, Khalfan Khalid, Abdulaziz Mohammed, Humaid Saleh, Saeed Jassim Saleh, Mohammed Suleiman, Yousef Ahmed, Abdullah Jassim and Mohammed Hilal.
Substitutions
Ajman made 3 changes: Mohammed Ahmed for M. S. Suliman (66′), L. Spadacio for H. Saleh (84′) and Steve for A. Jasem Ali (90′).
Al Jazira – Formation
Al Jazira
59'
Al Jazira started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Marcel Keizer played with: Ali Khaseif, M. Kosanović, Mohammed Al Attas, M. Rabii, T. Serero, Salem Obaid, João Victor, Abdalla Ramadan, O. Traoré, Ali Mabkhout and A. Diaby.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Salam Khairi, Ahmed Fawzi, Zayed Al Ameri, Abdullah Fadaq, Abdullah Idrees, Hamdan Abdulrahman, Yousef Ayman, Zayed Sultan and Saeed Alabdouli.
Substitutions
Al Jazira made 5 changes: T. Serero for S. Khairi (62′), O. Traore for Y. Ayman (62′), S. Obaid for A. Idrees (76′), M. Rabii for Z. Al Ameri (76′) and M. Al Attas for A. Fawzi (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Al Ain – Al Dhafra – 1-0
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 0-0
- Al Wasl – Al Nasr – 1-2
- Ajman – Al Jazira – 2-1
