ABU DHABI. Al Wahda beat Al Jazira to win 2-1. It was Al Wahda to strike first with a goal of Alaeddine Zouhir at the 17′. Then scored again for Al Wahda in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, Ali Mabkhout reduced the distance for Al Jazira a penalty (57’). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Jazira lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 37.75 degrees Celsius or 99.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Jazira had a strong ball possession 60% while Al Wahda was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Jazira was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Wahda found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Al Jazira shot 13 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Al Wahda shot 7 times, 5 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Al Jazira received 1 yellow card (Abdallah Ramadan). Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda received 3 yellow cards (Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi, Allan and Alaeddine Zouhir).

Standings

After playing this match, Al Jazira stays with 3 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Al Wahda has 3 points (9th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Jazira will play away against Al Sharjah on the 20th of April with a 20-6 head to head in favor of Al Jazira (7 draws).

Al Wahda will play away agasint Al Sharjah on the 24th of May with a 18-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).

Al Jazira – Formation

Al Jazira adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Frank de Boer decided to play with the following team: Ali Khasif (6.3), Mamadou Coulibaly (7.0), Zayed Sultan (7.0), Khalifa Alhammadi (6.4), Abdulla Idrees (6.4), Abdallah Ramadan (6.7), Fernando (7.3), Richard Akonnor (6.6), Alejandro Pozuelo (6.8), Neeskens Kebano (7.5) and Ali Mabkhout (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Abdullrahman Al Amer, Ahmed Mahmoud, Zayed Al Ameri, Khalfan Mubarak (6.6), Oumar Traore (6.8), Chahine Van Bohemen, Bruno Oliveira (6.4), Mubarak Benzama (7.1) and Abdulla Mohamed.

Substitutions

Al Jazira made 5 changes: Zayed Sultan for Mubarak Benzama (69′), Richard Akonnor for Oumar Traore (69′), Alejandro Pozuelo for Khalfan Mubarak (80′), Abdallah Ramadan for Ahmed Mahmoud (89′) and Abdulla Idrees for Bruno Oliveira (80′).

Best player: Ali Mabkhout​

The most impressive player for Al Jazira was Ali Mabkhout.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 14 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Al Wahda – Formation

Also Al Wahda adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Pitso John Mosimane played with: Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi (7.1), Abdulla Al Karbi (6.4), Alaeddine Zouhir (7.5), Lucas Pimenta (7.8), Khalid Butti (7.0), Facundo Kruspzky (6.8), Allan (6.7), Ahmad Nourollahi (7.3), Salem Abdullah Abdulqader Alsomhi (6.3), Joao Pedro (7.0) and Abdulla Kazim (6.4).

They had on the bench: Mahmoud Khamees, Ismaeil Matar (6.6), Manea Aydh (6.6), Mohamed Abdalla (6.3), Rúben Amaral (6.4), Ahmed Rashid, Fares Juma, Moussa Senghor (6.6) and Rashid Ali.

Al Wahda could not rely on the presence of Rúben Amaral (injured).

Substitutions

Al Wahda made 4 changes: Abdulla Kazim for Manea Aydh (46′), Abdulla Al Karbi for Mohamed Abdalla (69′), Salem Abdullah Abdulqader Alsomhi for Rúben Amaral (80′) and Khalid Butti for Ismaeil Matar (80′).

Best player: Lucas Pimenta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wahda was Lucas Pimenta even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 41 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Al Jazira – Al Wahda – 1-2
• Emirates – Ajman – 4-4