ABU DHABI. Al Ain had an adventurous win over Al Jazira. The hero of the match was who scored in the 49th, 45th, 31st, 24th and 90th minute. Al Ain took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the assistance of Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Nawaf Alzeyouidi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.5 degrees Celsius or 77.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ain was in firm control of the ball 56% while Al Jazira was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ain was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ain won the contest.
Al Jazira shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Al Ain shot 19 times, 10 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Al Jazira received 2 yellow cards (K. Al Hammadi and M. Al Attas). On the opposite side, Al Ain received 2 yellow cards (C. Guanca and K. Autonne Kouadio).
M. Al Attas (Al Jazira) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (54′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Jazira will stay with 16 points like Al Nasr, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai and Al Sharjah to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ain will have 24 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Jazira will host Khorfakkan Club on the 25th of December with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Al Ain will host Al Nasr on the 25th of December with a 21-5 head to head record in favor of Al Ain (5 draws).
Al Jazira – Formation
Al Jazira
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Al Jazira adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Marcel Keizer decided to play with the following team: Abdullrahman Al Ameri, M. Kosanović, Mohammed Al Attas, Khalifa Al Hammadi, T. Serero, Salem Obaid, João Victor, Abdalla Ramadan, Ali Mabkhout, A. Diaby and Bruno.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Fawzi, O. Traoré, Yousef Ayman, Salam Khairi, Zayed Sultan, Abdullah Idrees, Abdullah Fadaq, M. Rabii and Zayed Al Ameri.
Substitutions
Al Jazira made 5 changes: A. Diaby for O. Traore (46′), B. de Oliveira for M. Rabii (56′), Joao Victor for Z. Al Zaabi (83′), A. Ramadan for Y. Ayman (84′) and Ali Ahmed Mabkhout for Z. Al Ameri (84′).
Al Ain – Formation
Al Ain
Also Al Ain adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Sergiy Rebrov played with: Khalid Eisa, Y. Meriah, Erik, K. Kouadio, Bandar Mohamed, C. Guanca, Ahmed Barman, Mousa Al-Blooshi, S. Rahimi, Yahya Nader and K. Laba.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Saeed Jumaa, Mohammed Abo Sandah, Mohammed Ali Shaker, Jonatas, Sultan Al Shamsi, Ali Saeed Al Blooshi, Naser Al Shikali and Mohammed Ahmed.
Substitutions
Al Ain made 4 changes: K. Alblooshi for N. Al Shikali (74′), S. Rahimi for S. Al Shamsi (83′), C. Guanca for J. Santos (88′) and B. Mohammed for S. Juma Hassan (89′).
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
