DUBAI. Al Wasl conquered Al Ittihad Kalba to win 2-1. It was Al Wasl to strike first with a goal of Nicolás Giménez at the 31′. Then Fabio Lima scored again for Al Wasl in the 70′ minute. Eventually, Gustavo reduced the distance for Al Ittihad Kalba (80′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Wasl capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
Humam Tareq received a red card (22′). This red card was one of the reason why Al Ittihad Kalba lost the match.
The match was played at the Zabeel Stadium stadium in Dubai on Saturday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos who had the assistance of Jorge Sánchez and Pablo Israel Hernández Luna. The 4th official was Ali Al Zarouni. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.75 degrees Celsius or 74.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 6 Total 18
- 3 On Target 8
- 3 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 8
- 87 Attack 84
- 42 Dangerous attack 73
- 92 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 10
Fouls
- 12 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Al Wasl was in firm control of the ball 57% while Al Ittihad Kalba was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad Kalba was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Al Wasl found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Al Wasl shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba shot 18 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Wasl received 3 yellow cards (Salem Juma Awad, Soufiane Bouftini and Fabio Lima). On the opposite side, Al Ittihad Kalba received 1 yellow card (Khalid Al Darmaki).
Also, Al Ittihad Kalba didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Humam Tareq (Al Ittihad Kalba) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (22′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Wasl has 27 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad Kalba will stays with 12 points like Al Nasr to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wasl will play away with Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on the 22nd of December with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (10 draws).
Al Ittihad Kalba will play away against Bani Yas on the 22nd of December with a 9-5 head to head stats in favor of Bani Yas (4 draws).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl
46'
61'
31'
Al Wasl started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Milos Milojevic decided to play with the following team: Khaled Al Senani , Salem Juma Awad , Soufiane Bouftini , Yousif Ali Almheiri , Alexis Pérez , Siaka Sidibe , Malek Janeer , Nicolás Giménez , Fabio Lima , Haris Seferović and Ali Saleh .
The home team had on the bench: Daniel Esteban Pedrozo Martínez, Caio Canedo , Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis , Hassan Ibrahim Saqer , Ali Al Ansari, Naser Salem, Mohamed Ali, Aleksandar Vasiljević and Adama Diallo .
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 5 changes: Yousif Ali Almheiri for Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis (46′), Haris Seferović for Caio Canedo (58′), Fabio Lima for Ali Al Ansari (90′), Siaka Sidibe for Hassan Ibrahim Saqer (83′) and Ali Saleh for Adama Diallo (83′).
Player of the match: Nicolás Giménez
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wasl was Nicolás Giménez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 48 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation
Al Ittihad Kalba
Al Ittihad Kalba started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Farhad Majidi played with: Esa Ahmed Eisa Ali Mohamed Houti , Abdul Salam Mohammed , Mohammed Sabeel , Wallace , Salim Rashid Obaid , Leandro Leite , Filip Kiss , Khalid Al Darmaki , Gustavo , Andrés Vombergar and Mehdi Ghayedi .
These were the players on the bench: Yacob Hassan Mohamed, Caio Eduardo , Sultan Adill Alamiri , Waleed Rashid , Yaser Alblooshi, Khalid Rashid Alzari, Michel Zanata Dreifke, Hamad Almansoori and Fahad Batout.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 3 changes: Leandro Leite for Caio Eduardo (46′), Khalid Al Darmaki for Sultan Adill Alamiri (75′) and Abdul Salam Mohammed for Waleed Rashid (75′).
Player of the match: Gustavo
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Ittihad Kalba was Gustavo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
