NIORT. Al Nasr beats Al Ain 1-0 after S. Memisevic scored just 1 goal (71′). Al Ain was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.52 degrees Celsius or 83.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Ain had a strong ball possession 63% while Al Nasr was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Ain was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Nasr was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Nasr shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ain shot 19 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Al Nasr received 3 yellow cards (Saoud Abdulrazaq, Adel Taarabt and Samir Memisevic). On the other side, Al Ain received 1 yellow card (Jonatas Santos).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Al Nasr will have 6 points like Al Wahda to hold in the 9th place. On the other side, Al Ain will stay with 12 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Nasr will host Khorfakkan Club on the 11th of May with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nasr (1 draw).

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

Al Nasr – Formation

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

The manager Goran Tufegdžić decided to play with the following team: Ahmad Shambih (8.1), Mohammed Al Menhali (7.0), Hamdan Al Kamali (7.7), Gláuber (7.3), Abdulla Al Baloosh (6.8), Ahmed Abdulla Jshak (7.0), Saoud Abdulrazaq (6.4), Samir Memisevic (7.5), Kevin Agudelo (7.3), Manolo Gabbiadini (6.4) and Adel Taarabt (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Khalid Jalal Al Marzouqi (6.8), Iuri Medeiros (7.1), Al Ameri Yousef, Ahmed Rashid, Abdulaziz Sanqoor (6.7), Bogdan Petrovic, Isaac Tshibangu (7.0), Abdullah Mohammed Ismail and Mohamed Jamal.

Substitutions

Al Nasr made 4 changes: Saoud Abdulrazaq for Khalid Jalal Al Marzouqi (59′), Mohammed Al Menhali for Isaac Tshibangu (77′), Adel Taarabt for Iuri Medeiros (78′) and Abdulla Al Baloosh for Abdulaziz Sanqoor (89′).

Best player: Ahmad Shambih​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Nasr was the goalkeeper: Ahmad Shambih. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Al Ain – Formation

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

Alfred Schreuder played with: Khalid Eisa (7.0), Bandar Al Ahbabi (7.5), Khalid Hashemi (7.0), Yong-uh Park (7.7), Erik Jorgens de Menezes (7.5), Abdoul Karim Traoré, Abdoul Karim Traoré (7.0), Khaled Ali Al Blooshi, Khaled Al-Blooshi (7.0), Yahia Nader (6.7) and Kaku (7.8), Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (7.3), Soufiane Rahimi (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamad Saeed, Mohammed Ali Shakir, Omer Atzili (7.0), Ahmed Barman, Falah Waleed (6.8), Jonatas Santos (6.1), Saeed Juma, Mansour Saeed Musabbeh Almahyoubi Alshamsi (6.4) and Eisa Khalfan (6.7).

Substitutions

Al Ain made 5 changes: Khalid Hashemi for Falah Waleed (81′), Khaled Al-Blooshi for Jonatas Santos (46′), Yahia Nader for Omer Atzili (80′), Erik Jorgens de Menezes for Mansour Saeed Musabbeh Almahyoubi Alshamsi (87′) and Kaku for Eisa Khalfan (87′).

Best player: Kaku​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ain was Kaku.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Emirates – Al Sharjah – 1-3
• Al Nasr – Al Ain – 1-0