AL SHARJAH. Al Ain overcome Al Sharjah. Al Sharjah was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Sharjah Stadium stadium in Al Sharjah on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Sharjah was in firm control of the ball 61% while Al Ain was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Sharjah had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Al Ain was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Sharjah shot 19 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ain shot 14 times, 10 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Al Sharjah received 3 yellow cards (Konstantinos Manolas, Khaled Aldhanhani and Majid Rashid). On the opposite side, Al Ain received 4 yellow cards (Bandar Al Ahbabi, Kouame Autonne Kouadio, Yong-uh Park and Khalid Hashemi).

Standings

After this match, Al Sharjah will stay with 6 points like Al Jazira and Al Wahda to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ain will have 12 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Sharjah will host Al Wahda on the 24th of May with a 18-7 head to head in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).

Al Ain will host Al Ittihad Kalba on the 11th of May with a 13-2 head to head record in favor of Al Ain (3 draws).

Al Sharjah – Formation

Al Sharjah adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu decided to play with the following team: Adel Al Hosani (7.3), Khaled Aldhanhani (6.4), Konstantinos Manolas (6.3), Abdullah Ghanim (6.4), Marcus Meloni (6.8), Majid Rashid (6.7), Majed Hassan (6.7), Firas Ben Al Arbi (7.1), Miralem Pjanić (8.5), Luan Pereira (6.4) and Moussa Marega (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Khaled Tawhid Mohammad Taher Abdulla Al Mohtadi, Al Hassan Saleh (6.4), Majed Suroor, Caio (9.1), Sebastian Tagliabue (6.7), Sultan Al Sharjee Saleem, Khaled Bawazir, Salem Saleh and Ousmane Camara (7.1).

Al Sharjah could not rely on the presence of Caio (injured).

Substitutions

Al Sharjah made 4 changes: Luan Pereira for Caio (11′), Majed Hassan for Sebastian Tagliabue (59′), Khaled Aldhanhani for Al Hassan Saleh (59′) and Konstantinos Manolas for Ousmane Camara (77′).

Best player: Caio​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Sharjah was Caio.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 37 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 11′.

Al Ain – Formation

Also Al Ain adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Alfred Schreuder played with: Khalid Eisa (7.7), Bandar Al Ahbabi (5.7), Khalid Hashemi (6.4), Kouame Autonne Kouadio (5.3), Erik Jorgens de Menezes (7.5), Yong-uh Park (7.0), Abdoul Karim Traoré, Abdoul Karim Traoré (7.5), Yahia Nader (6.4), Kaku (7.0) and Soufiane Rahimi (7.8), Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamad Saeed, Mohammed Ali Shakir (6.8), Omer Atzili, Ahmed Barman (6.8), Khaled Al-Blooshi, Falah Waleed (6.4), Jonatas Santos (7.5), Saeed Juma (6.6), Eisa Khalfan and Ahmad Saeed.

Al Ain could not rely on the presence of Jonatas Santos (injured), Falah Waleed (injured) and Saeed Juma (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ain made 5 changes: Kodjo Fo Doh Laba for Jonatas Santos (64′), Yahia Nader for Falah Waleed (64′), Kaku for Mohammed Ali Shakir (64′), Erik Jorgens de Menezes for Saeed Juma (76′) and Soufiane Rahimi for Ahmed Barman (88′).

Best player: Soufiane Rahimi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ain was Soufiane Rahimi.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Al Sharjah – Al Ain – 2-3
• Hatta – Al Nasr – 0-3