ABU DHABI. Al Wasl prevails over Al Jazira 4-2. Al Jazira was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Adel Al Naqbi assisted by Sabet Al Ali and . The 4th official was Suhail Abdulla Ali. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.06 degrees Celsius or 78.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Jazira had a superior ball possession 62% while Al Wasl was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Jazira was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Al Wasl was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Al Jazira shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wasl shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Al Jazira didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Al Wasl received 1 yellow card (Rodrigo).

Standings

After this match, Al Jazira will stay with 11 points to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Wasl will have 20 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Jazira will play away with Al Sharjah on the 20th of April with a 20-6 head to head record in favor of Al Jazira (8 draws).

Al Wasl will host Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on the 20th of May with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (10 draws).

Al Jazira – Formation

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

The manager Frank de Boer decided to play with the following team: Ali Khasif (5.7), Zayed Sultan (7.3), Khalifa Alhammadi (6.4), Fernando (6.8), Abdulla Idrees (6.7), Oumar Traore (8.9), Mamadou Coulibaly (6.8), Abdallah Ramadan (6.8), Neeskens Kebano (7.0), Ali Mabkhout (7.3) and Alejandro Pozuelo (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Abdullrahman Al Ameri, Ahmed Mahmoud (6.8), Mohammed Al Attas, Zayed Al Ameri, Khalfan Mubarak (6.8), Richard Akonnor (6.8), Mubarak Benzama (7.0), Ahmed Al Attas, Bruno Oliveira and Ahmed Al Hashmi (6.6).

Substitutions

Al Jazira made 5 changes: Fernando for Richard Akonnor (89′), Abdallah Ramadan for Khalfan Mubarak (73′), Alejandro Pozuelo for Ahmed Al Attas (73′), Abdallah Ramadan for Mubarak Benzama (73′) and Mamadou Coulibaly for Ahmed Mahmoud (89′).

Player of the match: Oumar Traore​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Jazira was Oumar Traore.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 32 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Al Wasl – Formation

Al Wasl started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Milos Milojevic played with: Khaled Al Senani (7.5), Salem Juma Awad (6.3), Soufiane Bouftini (6.4), Yousif Ali Almheiri (6.3), Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis (7.3), Siaka Sidibe (7.1), Ali Salmin (6.4), Nicolás Giménez (7.1), Fabio Lima (8.7), Adama Diallo (8.5) and Ali Saleh (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Haris Seferović (7.0), Caio Canedo (7.7), Faris Khalil, Rodrigo (7.0), Hassan Ibrahim Saqer, Ali Al Ansari, Alexis Pérez (6.8), Mohamed Ali and Aleksandar Vasiljević.

Substitutions

Al Wasl made 4 changes: Adama Diallo for Caio Canedo (70′), Ali Salmin for Rodrigo (46′), Yousif Ali Almheiri for Alexis Pérez (80′) and Ali Saleh for Haris Seferović (75′).

Player of the match: Fabio Lima​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wasl was Fabio Lima.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 37 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Wahda – Emirates – 4-1
• Al Jazira – Al Wasl – 2-4
• Hatta – Bani Yas – 0-1