KALBA. Al Wasl overcome Al Bataeh to win 2-1. G. was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Wasl to strike first with a goal of Gilberto at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Gilberto gave the win to Al Wasl in the 74′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Al Wasl was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Friday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Adel Al Naqbi who had the assistance of Jasem Abdulla Al Ali and Ahmed Abdouli. The 4th official was Ahmed Hassan Hussain Bilal. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.1 degrees Celsius or 88.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Wasl had a superior ball possession 67% while Al Bataeh was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Wasl was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the match.​

Al Bataeh shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Al Bataeh didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Al Wasl received 1 yellow card (A. Vasiljevic).

Standings

After this match, Al Bataeh stays with 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl has 4 points (3rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Bataeh will play away against Bani Yas on the 16th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Al Wasl will play away agasint Al Nasr on the 1st of October with a 13-9 head to head stats in favor of Al Nasr (12 draws).

Al Bataeh – Formation

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

The manager Caio Cesar Zanardi Gomes da Silva decided to play with the following team: Zayed Ahmed, Fahad Sebil, Artur Jorge, Hamdan Nasser, Abdulla Al Baloosh, Habib Yousuf, Khamis Esmaeel, João Novais, S. Gassama, A. Abang and Lourency.

The home team had on the bench: Mohammed bin Yousef, T. Phete, Hamad Jasim, Abdullah Yousef, Abdulla Kazim, Saeed Suwaidan, Haboush Saleh, Ahmed Murad and Eisa Ahmed Hussain.

Substitutions

Al Bataeh made 4 changes: S. Baba for A. Kazim (63′), F. Obeid for S. Suwaidan (63′), Khamis Esmail for T. Phete (72′) and H. Yousuf for S. Haboush (80′).

Al Wasl – Formation

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

Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja played with: Khaled Al Senani, Faris Khalil, S. Bouftini, Omar Abdulrahman, Hassan Ibrahim, Fábio Lima, G. Poblete, Ali Saleh, Gilberto, Gabrielzinho and T. Chancalay.

These were the players on the bench: Suhail Abdulla, Abdulrahman Ali, Mohammed Sabeel, Salem Al Azizi, A. Vasiljević, S. Sidibe, N. Noor, Hazza Salem and Ghanem Ahmed.

Substitutions

Al Wasl made 5 changes: Gabrielzinho for Hazza Salem (46′), F. Khalil for M. Sebil (80′), T. Chancalay for Salem Juma Awad (83′), O. Abdulrahman for S. Sidibe (90′) and H. Ibrahim for A. Vasiljevic (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Al Bataeh – Al Wasl – 1-2
• Al Sharjah – Bani Yas – 3-0
• Dibba Al Fujairah – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 1-2
• Khorfakkan Club – Al Jazira – 2-4