NIORT. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai tops Al Bataeh with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Cartabia (57′) and a goal from Y. Alghassani (82′). Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Sunday and it started at 3:20 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Eisa Mohamed. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 39.59 degrees Celsius or 103.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 19%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had a strong ball possession 59% while Al Bataeh was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won the match.​

Al Bataeh shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai shot 20 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Al Bataeh received 5 yellow cards (S. Baba Gassama, Sékou Gassama, Hamad Mohamed Jalal, Ahmed Al Zeyoudi and Paulinho). Regarding the opposition, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai received 5 yellow cards (Hareb Abdullah Suhail, Luka Milivojević, Azizjon Ganiev, Renan and Walid Abbas).

(Al Bataeh) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (48′).

Standings

After this encounter, Al Bataeh stays with 4 points to occupy the 8th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai has 9 points (2nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Bataeh will play away against Al Sharjah on the 29th of April with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sharjah (0 draws).

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will host Hatta on the 24th of May with a 8-0 head to head record in favor of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (2 draws).

Al Bataeh – Formation

Al Bataeh started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Mirel Matei Radoi decided to play with the following team: Ibrahim Eisa (7.7), Ulrich Meleke (6.4), Mohamed Ahmed (7.3), Diney (5.7), Ahmed Al Zeyoudi (6.4), Petrus Boumal (6.8), Ali Aldhanhani (6.4), Sainey Corr (6.6), Isamail Omar Alzaabi (6.3), Anatole Bertrand Abang (6.4) and Paulinho (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Alvaro de Oliveira (6.6), Ahmed Khalil, Hamad Mohamed Jalal (6.6), Sékou Gassama (6.6), Eisa Ahmed Hussain, Saud Khalil, Zayed Ahmed, Rashid Muhayer (6.3) and Abdalla Abdulrahman (6.4).

Substitutions

Al Bataeh made 5 changes: Sainey Corr for Sékou Gassama (62′), Ali Aldhanhani for Abdalla Abdulrahman (79′), Paulinho for Alvaro de Oliveira (70′), Ahmed Al Zeyoudi for Rashid Muhayer (79′) and Isamail Omar Alzaabi for Hamad Mohamed Jalal (62′).

Best player: Ibrahim Eisa​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Bataeh was the goalkeeper: Ibrahim Eisa. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Formation

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Marko Nikolić played with: Hassan Hamza (7.5), Saeed Suleiman Salem (7.1), Bogdan Planić (7.3), Walid Abbas (7.3), Renan (7.3), Federico Cartabia (9.8), Tareq Ahmed (7.1), Luka Milivojević (7.9), Hareb Abdullah Suhail (7.3), Munas Dabbur (7.3) and Igor Jesus (7.3).

They had on the bench: Ismail Jamal, Azizjon Ganiev (7.1), Yahya Alghassani (8.1), Abdalla Al Naqbi, Yousef Jaber (7.0), Abdulaziz Hussain, Eid Khamis Eid, Mohammed Jumaa (6.4) and Yuri César (6.3).

Substitutions

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made 5 changes: Igor Jesus for Azizjon Ganiev (65′), Federico Cartabia for Yuri César (83′), Hareb Abdullah Suhail for Mohammed Jumaa (83′), Bogdan Planić for Yousef Jaber (85′) and Tareq Ahmed for Yahya Alghassani (65′).

Best player: Federico Cartabia​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was Federico Cartabia.

His rating is (9.8) with 1 goal, 47 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Bataeh – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 0-2
• Al Wasl – Bani Yas – 3-2
• Al Wahda – Hatta – 1-0