AL AIN. Al Wahda defeats Al Ain with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Khribin (12′) and a goal from Z. Bakaev (54′). Al Ain was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (74%).
The match was played at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Al Ain on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.27 degrees Celsius or 75.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ain was in firm control of the ball 74% while Al Wahda was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ain had a more offensive attitude with 95 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Al Wahda was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Al Ain shot 14 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Ain received 1 yellow card (Soufiane Rahimi). On the other side, Al Wahda received 5 yellow cards (Abdulla Salmeen, Abdulla Al Karbi, Ismaeil Matar, Omar Khribin and Sultan Alzaabi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ain stays with 19 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Al Wahda will has 20 points like Al Sharjah to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ain will host Khorfakkan Club on the 20th of December with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Al Ain (1 draw).
Al Wahda will play away against Khorfakkan Club on the 22nd of December with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Wahda (3 draws).
Al Ain – Formation
Al Ain
68'
48'
Al Ain adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Hernán Jorge Crespo decided to play with the following team: Khalid Eisa , Saeed Juma , Khalid Hashemi , Kouame Autonne Kouadio , Khaled Ali Al Blooshi , Yong-woo Park , Mohammed Abbas Ahmed Abdulla Hasan Al Baloushi , Matías Palacios , Kaku , Kodjo Fo Doh Laba and Soufiane Rahimi .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Ali Shakir, Yahia Nader , Omer Atzili , Sultan Al Mantheri, Ahmed Barman, Sultan Al Shamsi , Mansour Saeed Musabbeh Almahyoubi Alshamsi, Abdulkarim Trawri and Josna Loulendo .
Substitutions
Al Ain made 4 changes: Mohammed Abbas Ahmed Abdulla Hasan Al Baloushi for Omer Atzili (59′), Kaku for Yahia Nader (68′), Khaled Ali Al Blooshi for Sultan Al Shamsi (68′) and Saeed Juma for Josna Loulendo (81′).
Player of the match: Matías Palacios
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ain was Matías Palacios.
His rating is with 74 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Al Wahda – Formation
Al Wahda
54'
Also Al Wahda adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Arno Buitenweg played with: Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi , Abdulla Al Karbi , Alaeddine Zouhir , Lucas Pimenta , Sultan Alzaabi , Cristian Guanca , Allan , Ahmad Nourollahi , Zelimkhan Bakaev , Facundo Kruspzky and Omar Khribin .
These were the players on the bench: Ismaeil Matar , Abdulla Salmeen , Manea Aydh, Suhail Al Mansoori , Fares Juma, Moussa Senghor, Hazaa Ammar, Mohamed Ali Hussain Abdulla Alobaidi and Salem Abdullah Abdulqader Alsomhi.
Al Wahda could not rely on the presence of Mohamed Ali Hussain Abdulla Alobaidi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 4 changes: Cristian Guanca for Ismaeil Matar (73′), Ahmad Nourollahi for Abdulla Salmeen (73′), Sultan Alzaabi for Mohamed Ali Hussain Abdulla Alobaidi (80′) and Zelimkhan Bakaev for Suhail Al Mansoori (81′).
Player of the match: Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wahda was the goalkeeper: Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi. His rating is 7.65. He performed 1 save.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
