RAS AL-KHAIMAH. Al Wasl had a surprising win over Emirates with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Lima (38′) and a goal from S. Jung (55′). Al Wasl was surely superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Emirates Club Stadium stadium in Ras al-Khaimah on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Bader Bujamhoor with the help of Qais Al Khaddeim and Othman Abdulrahman Almaazmi. The 4th official was Ahmed Hassan Hussain Bilal. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.04 degrees Celsius or 77.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wasl was in firm control of the ball 62% while Emirates was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wasl had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the match.
Emirates shot 8 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Emirates received 1 yellow card (Ismail Al Hammadi). On the other side, Al Wasl received 2 yellow cards (Milos Milojevic and Haris Seferović).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Emirates stays with 5 points like Hatta to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Al Wasl will has 36 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Emirates will play away with Ajman on the 2nd of March with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Ajman (4 draws).
Al Wasl will host Al Sharjah on the 2nd of March with a 14-12 head to head statistic in favor of Al Wasl (9 draws).
Emirates – Formation
Emirates
79'
15'
Emirates started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Walter Zenga decided to play with the following team: Saud Al Hosani , Ahmad Essa Juma , Uros Vitas , Mohamed Jalal , Luan de Oliveira , Ismail Al Hammadi , Tareq Ahmed , Nizar Mahmoud Al-Rashdan , Oumar Keita , Fahad Badr and Paco Alcácer .
The home team had on the bench: Lithierry , Salim Al-Rawahi, Marwan Ahmed, Sultan Qasem , Felipe Motta, Dia Saba , Khalifa Abdulla, Marwan Fahad and Ebraheim Khameis.
Substitutions
Emirates made 4 changes: Ismail Al Hammadi for Marwan Fahad (46′), Fahad Badr for Dia Saba (59′), Luan de Oliveira for Lithierry (79′) and Tareq Ahmed for Sultan Qasem (79′).
Player of the match: Saud Al Hosani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Emirates was the goalkeeper: Saud Al Hosani. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl
55'
Al Wasl started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Milos Milojevic played with: Khaled Al Senani , Rodrigo , Soufiane Bouftini , Seung-hyun Jung , Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis , Nicolás Giménez , Gerónimo Poblete , Siaka Sidibe , Fabio Lima , Haris Seferović and Ali Saleh .
They had on the bench: Yousif Ali Almheiri, Ali Salmin, Caio Canedo , Malek Janeer, Mohamed Ali, Omar Hussain Haikal, Rabee Hassan Salmin and Adama Diallo.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 5 changes: Nicolás Giménez for Caio Canedo (73′), Siaka Sidibe for Adama Diallo (88′), Ali Saleh for Ali Salmin (88′), Abdulrahman Saleh Khamis for Yousif Ali Almheiri (90′) and Gerónimo Poblete for Malek Janeer (90′).
Player of the match: Fabio Lima
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Wasl was Fabio Lima.
His rating is with 1 goal, 51 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Hatta – Khorfakkan Club – 0-2
- Al Sharjah – Al Ittihad Kalba – 1-0
- Emirates – Al Wasl – 0-2
- Al Jazira – Al Nasr – 2-3
