ABū ẓABī. Bani Yas beats Al Urooba with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Gimenez (23′) and a goal from A. S. (4′).

The match was played at the Baniyas Stadium stadium in Abū ẓabī on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Amer Aldhubiea who was helped by Juma Al Mukhaini and Ali Saeed Al Naqbi. The 4th official was Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Urooba had a strong ball possession 55% while Bani Yas was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Urooba was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Bani Yas was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Bani Yas shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Al Urooba shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Bani Yas received 5 yellow cards (G. Alvarez, K. Al Hammadi, M. Jaber, D. Isaila and Joao Victor). Regarding the opposition, Al Urooba received 1 yellow card (Y. Olatunji).

Standings

After this match, Bani Yas will have 12 points like Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Wasl to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Al Urooba will stay with 4 points to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Bani Yas will play away against Al Sharjah on the 26th of December with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Al Sharjah (8 draws).

Al Urooba will host Emirates on the 25th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Bani Yas – Formation

Bani Yas started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Isăilă decided to play with the following team: Fahad Al Dhanhani, Mohammed Jaber, Khamis Al Hammadi, Salem Abdullah, João Victor, Fawaz Awana, G. Álvarez, N. Giménez, I. Thelin, Suhail Ahmed Al Noobi and Ahmed Abunamous.

The home team had on the bench: Sultan Husain Alharmi, Abdallah Al Balushi, Amer Abdulrahman, Mohamed Rashid Alhammadi, Hussain Abbas Juma, Mohammed Khalaf, Hamdan Ahmed Al Mahri, Muhair Alketbi and S. Khamis.

Substitutions

Bani Yas made 5 changes: I. Thelin for S. Khamis (64′), S. Al Noobi for A. Abdulrahman (87′), Joao Victor for H. A. Juma (90′), K. Al Hammadi for S. H. Alehremi (90′) and A. S. Abunamous for A. Al Balushi (90′).

Al Urooba – Formation

Al Urooba started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Fathi Labidi played with: Ibrahim Al Kaabi, Fawzi Fayez, R. Atassi, Yousuf Khalfan, Nashd Abdulqadir, Gianluca Muniz, Ahmed Haboush, Ali Madan, Khalid Yahya, Y. Olatunji and K. Eduwo.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Salem Al Rawahi, Ahmed Malallah, Abdulla Saeed, Mohamed Mallahi, Ghaith Hussain, Said Obaid, Suhail Al Harbi, Salem Rashed and Khalfan Hassan.

Substitutions

Al Urooba made 4 changes: Y. Khalfan for S. Rashed (46′), K. Eduwo for S. Obaid (58′), A. Haboosh for Ahmed Malallah (76′) and K. Yahya for Ahmed Al Rawahi (85′).

Results of the day

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

• Bani Yas – Al Urooba – 2-0
• Khorfakkan Club – Al Sharjah – 1-3
• Emirates – Al Ittihad Kalba – 1-1
• Al Jazira – Al Ain – 1-5