BANI YAS. Al Jazira had a comfortable win over Bani Yas. Al Jazira got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from Neeskens Kebano (5′), Ali Mabkhout (28′) and Ali Mabkhout (65′). Bani Yas tried to recover with a goal from Taulant Seferi (75′). However, the match was closed by a goal (79′) scored by Bruno Oliveira for Al Jazira. Al Jazira was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Bani Yas Stadium stadium in Bani Yas on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd with the assistance of Sabet Al Ali and Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi. The 4th official was Amer Aldhubiea. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.96 degrees Celsius or 78.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Jazira had a strong ball possession 67% while Bani Yas was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Jazira was putting more pressure with 82 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Jazira won the match.​

Bani Yas shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Jazira shot 22 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Bani Yas didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Al Jazira received 1 yellow card (Fernando).

(Bani Yas) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (34′).

Standings

After this match, Bani Yas will stay with 13 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Al Jazira will have 14 points like Al Sharjah to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Bani Yas will play away with Al Ittihad Kalba on the 20th of May with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Bani Yas (4 draws).

Al Jazira will play away agasint Al Sharjah on the 20th of April with a 20-6 head to head in favor of Al Jazira (8 draws).

Bani Yas – Formation

Bani Yas started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Darko Milanič decided to play with the following team: Fahad Al Dhanhani (7.5), Eisa Ali Abass (6.1), Saša Ivković (6.4), Hussain Abbas Juma (6.6), Joao Victor (5.4), Fawaz Awana (6.6), Gaston Alvarez Suarez (6.6), Suhail Ahmed Al Noobi (7.0), Ahmed Abunamous (7.0), Taulant Seferi (6.7) and Youssoufou Niakaté (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Ahmed Alhammadi, Abdullah Jassim (6.4), Khalaf Mohammed Al Hosani (6.8), Saif Al Balushi (7.1), Francisco Geraldes (7.1), Mohammed Al Menhali, Saile Souza (6.3), Hussain Al Mansoori and Hamdan Ahmed Al Mahri.

Bani Yas could not rely on the presence of Khalaf Mohammed Al Hosani (injured).

Substitutions

Bani Yas made 5 changes: Ahmed Abunamous for Abdullah Jassim (39′), Fawaz Awana for Khalaf Mohammed Al Hosani (82′), Youssoufou Niakaté for Saile Souza (71′), Eisa Ali Abass for Saif Al Balushi (71′) and Suhail Ahmed Al Noobi for Francisco Geraldes (71′).

Player of the match: Fahad Al Dhanhani​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bani Yas was the goalkeeper: Fahad Al Dhanhani. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.

Al Jazira – Formation

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

Frank de Boer played with: Ali Khasif (6.8), Zayed Sultan (7.5), Khalifa Alhammadi (7.0), Karim Rekik (7.5), Fernando (7.1), Oumar Traore (8.8), Mamadou Coulibaly (7.5), Abdallah Ramadan (8.1), Khalfan Mubarak (7.1), Neeskens Kebano (7.8) and Ali Mabkhout (9.1).

These were the players on the bench: Abdullrahman Al Ameri, Abdulla Idrees, Ahmed Mahmoud (6.7), Mohammed Al Attas, Zayed Al Ameri (6.7), Richard Akonnor, Mubarak Benzama (6.4), Ahmed Al Attas (6.8) and Bruno Oliveira (7.5).

Al Jazira could not rely on the presence of Zayed Al Ameri (injured).

Substitutions

Al Jazira made 5 changes: Fernando for Ahmed Mahmoud (82′), Neeskens Kebano for Zayed Al Ameri (82′), Khalfan Mubarak for Bruno Oliveira (66′), Oumar Traore for Ahmed Al Attas (86′) and Zayed Sultan for Mubarak Benzama (82′).

Player of the match: Ali Mabkhout​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Jazira was Ali Mabkhout.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 26 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Bani Yas – Al Jazira – 1-4
• Al Wasl – Al Bataeh – 4-1