KALBA. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai tops Al Ittihad Kalba 3-1. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Abdul Salam Mohammed (47′), Mateusão (50′) and Azizjon Ganiev (54′). Al Ittihad Kalba reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by Leandro Leite, but there was not much to do for them. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Adel Al Naqbi who had the assistance of Mohammed Ahmed Yousuf and Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi. The 4th official was Amer Aldhubiea. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.12 degrees Celsius or 89.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was in firm control of the ball 56% while Al Ittihad Kalba was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shabab Al Ahli Dubai won the match.​

Al Ittihad Kalba shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai shot 15 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad Kalba received 3 yellow cards (Yacob Hassan Mohamed, Khalid Al Darmaki and Khamis K.). On the other side, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Al Ittihad Kalba will stay with 7 points like Khorfakkan Club, Al Nasr and Bani Yas to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will have 17 points like Al Wasl to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ittihad Kalba will play away against Khorfakkan Club on the 24th of May with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Al Ittihad Kalba (1 draw).

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

Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation

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

The manager Farhad Majidi decided to play with the following team: Esa Ahmed Eisa Ali Mohamed Houti (7.0), Abdul Salam Mohammed (6.0), Wallace (7.1), Michel Zanata Dreifke (6.8), Waleed Rashid (6.8), Habib Al-Fardan (7.0), Khalid Al Darmaki (6.6), Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami (6.7), Leandro Leite (7.0), Andrés Vombergar (6.7) and Mehdi Ghayedi (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Sabeel, Yacob Hassan Mohamed (6.1), Brian Ramírez, Ahmed Amir (6.4), Omar Al Antali (7.0), Yaser Alblooshi (7.0), Khalid Rashid Alzari, Hamad Almansoori and Fahad Batout (6.7).

Al Ittihad Kalba could not rely on the presence of Ahmed Amir (injured) and Omar Al Antali (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Michel Zanata Dreifke for Fahad Batout (83′), Waleed Rashid for Yacob Hassan Mohamed (46′), Andrés Vombergar for Ahmed Amir (59′), Khalid Al Darmaki for Omar Al Antali (60′) and Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami for Yaser Alblooshi (60′).

Best player: Mehdi Ghayedi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittihad Kalba was Mehdi Ghayedi.

His rating is (7.7) with 22 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Formation

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

Marko Nikolić played with: Hassan Hamza (6.8), Ahmed Abdulla Jamil (6.8), Mohammed Marzooq (6.4), Renan (7.0), Hareb Abdullah Suhail (7.1), Federico Cartabia (7.5), Azizjon Ganiev (9.2), Tareq Ahmed (7.3), Yahya Alghassani (7.3), Munas Dabbur (6.4) and Guilherme Bala (7.5).

They had on the bench: Ismail Jamal, Salmeen Khamis, Abdalla Al Naqbi, Mateusão (7.9), Yousef Jaber, Abdulaziz Hussain, Eid Khamis Eid, Saeed Suleiman Salem and Yuri César (6.4).

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai could not rely on the presence of Mateusão (injured) and Eid Khamis Eid (injured).

Substitutions

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made 4 changes: Munas Dabbur for Mateusão (20′), Yahya Alghassani for Yousef Jaber (90′), Federico Cartabia for Eid Khamis Eid (90′) and Guilherme Bala for Yuri César (79′).

Best player: Azizjon Ganiev​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai was Azizjon Ganiev.

His rating is (9.2) with 1 goal, 51 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ittihad Kalba – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 1-3
• Emirates – Hatta – 2-4
• Al Nasr – Al Bataeh – 0-2