ABU DHABI. Al Wahda bested Al Jazira. Al Jazira lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Al Nahyan Stadium (Abū ẓabī (Abu Dhabi)) stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Salem Khalfan with the collaboration of Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Al Rashedi and Mohamed Hussain Darwish Ahmed Al maazmi. The 4th official was Bader Bujamhoor. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.92 degrees Celsius or 67.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Jazira had a strong ball possession 60% while Al Wahda was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Jazira was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Al Wahda managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Wahda shot 7 times, 4 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Jazira shot 19 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Al Wahda received 1 yellow card (Lucas Pimenta). On the opposite side, Al Jazira received 2 yellow cards (Zayed Sultan and Ahmed Mahmoud).

Standings

After playing this match, Al Wahda has 27 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Jazira will stays with 20 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wahda will play away against Hatta on the 7th of March with a 9-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Wahda (1 draw).

Al Jazira will play away against Al Ain on the 15th of February with a 15-14 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ain (7 draws).

Al Wahda – Formation

Al Wahda started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Goran Tufegdžić decided to play with the following team: Rashid Ali (6.7), Abdulla Al Karbi (6.4), Alaeddine Zouhir (6.8), Lucas Pimenta (7.0), Mohamed Ali Hussain Abdulla Alobaidi (6.8), Zelimkhan Bakaev (6.7), Ahmad Nourollahi (7.5), Allan (8.9), Abdulla Salmeen (7.3), Khozhimat Erkinov (6.7) and Omar Khribin (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Khalid Butti (6.4), Tahnoon Alzaabi, Ismaeil Matar, Manea Aydh, Rúben Amaral (6.8), Avtandil Duishoev, Facundo Kruspzky (7.0), Fares Juma, Hazaa Ammar and Rúben Amaral.

Al Wahda could not rely on the presence of Fares Juma (injured).

Substitutions

Al Wahda made 4 changes: Mohamed Ali Hussain Abdulla Alobaidi for Rúben Amaral (64′), Abdulla Al Karbi for Khalid Butti (77′), Zelimkhan Bakaev for Facundo Kruspzky (77′) and Khalid Butti for Fares Juma (90′).

Player of the match: Allan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wahda was Allan.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 62 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 19.

Al Jazira – Formation

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

Mirel Matei Radoi played with: Ali Khasif (6.3), Zayed Sultan (6.6), Khalifa Alhammadi (6.4), Mohammed Rabii (6.6), Abdulla Idrees (6.0), Richard Akonnor (7.0), Ahmed Mahmoud (7.0), Mamadou Coulibaly (7.1), Neeskens Kebano (8.4), Ali Mabkhout (7.1) and Alejandro Pozuelo (8.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdullrahman Al Ameri, Mohammed Al Attas, Zayed Al Ameri (6.7), Khalfan Mubarak, Ahmed Fawzi, Oumar Traore (7.0), Nikola Vukić (6.7), Mubarak Benzama and Chahine Van Bohemen (7.0).

Substitutions

Al Jazira made 4 changes: Richard Akonnor for Oumar Traore (57′), Ahmed Mahmoud for Nikola Vukić (72′), Mamadou Coulibaly for Zayed Al Ameri (88′) and Zayed Sultan for Chahine Van Bohemen (88′).

Player of the match: Neeskens Kebano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Jazira was Neeskens Kebano.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Nasr – Bani Yas – 1-0
• Al Wahda – Al Jazira – 3-2