KALBA. Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Nasr didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Salem Khalfan with the support of Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Al Rashedi and Masood Hassan Ismail. The 4th official was Khalid Ali Mohamed Ali Mahmoud Al Mulla. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.61 degrees Celsius or 79.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Ittihad Kalba had a superior ball possession 55% while Al Nasr was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Ittihad Kalba was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Al Ittihad Kalba to win the match​.

Al Ittihad Kalba shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Al Nasr shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad Kalba received 2 yellow cards (Caio Eduardo and Gustavo). Regarding the opposition, Al Nasr didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 8 points like Al Nasr to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Nasr will have 8 points like Al Ittihad Kalba to remain in the 9th 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 stats in favor of Al Ittihad Kalba (1 draw).

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 Ittihad Kalba – Formation

Al Ittihad Kalba adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Farhad Majidi decided to play with the following team: Esa Ahmed Eisa Ali Mohamed Houti (7.5), Abdul Salam Mohammed (7.5), Mohammed Sabeel (7.0), Wallace (7.5), Salim Rashid Obaid (7.3), Leandro Leite (6.6), Habib Al-Fardan (7.3), Caio Eduardo (7.1), Daniel Bessa (7.8), Gustavo (7.3) and Mehdi Ghayedi (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Yacob Hassan Mohamed, Andrés Vombergar (6.6), Ahmed Amir, Sultan Adill Alamiri, Waleed Rashid, Khalid Rashid Alzari, Michel Zanata Dreifke, Hamad Almansoori and Fahad Batout.

Al Ittihad Kalba could not rely on the presence of Sultan Adill Alamiri (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ittihad Kalba made 2 changes: Leandro Leite for Andrés Vombergar (46′) and Gustavo for Sultan Adill Alamiri (90′).

Player of the match: Mehdi Ghayedi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Ittihad Kalba was Mehdi Ghayedi.

His rating is (7.8) with 22 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Al Nasr – Formation

Also Al Nasr adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Fabrizio Cammarata played with: Ahmad Shambih (7.1), Abdulaziz Sanqoor (6.7), Gustavo Alemão (8.1), Gláuber (7.0), Abdulla Al Baloosh (7.0), Kevin Agudelo (7.7), Moussa Ndiaye (7.0), Samir Memisevic (7.5), Ahmed Abdulla Jshak (6.4), Manolo Gabbiadini (7.3) and Adel Taarabt (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohammed Al Menhali (6.6), Khalid Jalal Al Marzouqi (6.7), Hamdan Al Kamali, Iuri Medeiros (7.1), Saoud Abdulrazaq (6.8), Isaac Tshibangu (6.4), Abdullah Mohammed Ismail, Abdulla Anwar and Mohamed Jamal.

Al Nasr could not rely on the presence of Iuri Medeiros (injured).

Substitutions

Al Nasr made 5 changes: Adel Taarabt for Iuri Medeiros (33′), Abdulaziz Sanqoor for Mohammed Al Menhali (46′), Moussa Ndiaye for Khalid Jalal Al Marzouqi (87′), Manolo Gabbiadini for Isaac Tshibangu (87′) and Ahmed Abdulla Jshak for Saoud Abdulrazaq (74′).

Player of the match: Gustavo Alemão​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Nasr was Gustavo Alemão.

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Al Ain – 0-3
• Khorfakkan Club – Ajman – 1-2
• Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Nasr – 0-0