AL AIN. Al Ain was after all too good for Al Ittihad Kalba with the goal of S. Rahimi (15′), K. Laba (52′) and C. Canedo (80′). Al Ain capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Al Ain on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Adel Al Naqbi with the support of Jasem Abdulla Al Ali and Yasser Al Murshidi. The 4th official was Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.8 degrees Celsius or 87.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 13 Total 13
- 6 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 97 Attack 78
- 68 Dangerous attack 61
- 70 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 2 Total 4
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Al Ain had a superior ball possession 58% while Al Ittihad Kalba was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ain was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ain won the match.
Al Ain shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ittihad Kalba shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Ain will have 7 points to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, Al Ittihad Kalba will stay with 6 points like Shabab Al Ahli Dubai and Al Bataeh to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ain will host Khorfakkan Club on the 4th of November with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ain (1 draw).
Al Ittihad Kalba will host Bani Yas on the 4th of November with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Bani Yas (4 draws).
Al Ain – Formation
Al Ain
80'
52'
Al Ain adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Sergiy Rebrov decided to play with the following team: Khalid Essa Mohamed Bilal Saeed, Danilo Arboleda Hurtado, Saeed Juma Hassan, Erik Jorgens de Menezes, Kouame Autonne, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ahmed Barman Ali B Shamroukh Hammoudi, Yahia Nader, Matías Damián Palacios, Fo-Doh Kodjo Laba and Soufiane Rahimi.
The home team had on the bench: Sultan Al Shamsi, Khalid Al Baloushi, Rafael António Pereira, Mohamad Saeed Bu Sanda Ahmed Theyab Al Falahi, Falah Waleed, Jonathan Santos, Saeed Ahmed Abdulla Mohammad, Caio Canedo Corrêa and Omar Saeed Mohammed Saleem Binsouaf Alesmaili.
Substitutions
Al Ain made 5 changes: M. Palacios for K. Alblooshi (68′), A. Yarmolenko for C. Canedo (68′), A. Barman for F. Waleed (80′), S. Rahimi for J. Santos (80′) and Y. Nader for R. A. Pereira (89′).
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation
Al Ittihad Kalba
Also Al Ittihad Kalba adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Farhad Majidi played with: Eisa Houti, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Mohamed Sabeel, Abdulaziz Hamad Al Hamhami, Mohamed Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohammed Almaazmi, Filip Kiss, Habib Fardan Abdualla, Daniel Bessa, Yaser Alblooshi, Brian Aramis Ramírez and Leandro Spadacio Leite.
These were the players on the bench: Sultan Alzaabi, Hamad Abdulla Nasser, Igor Rossi Branco, Waleed Rashid, Zackariah Mohammed, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ahmed Amir Saeed Amir Rashid Al Naqbi, Peniel Kokou Mlapa and Ahmed Abdulla Jshak.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: Y. Alblooshi for P. Mlapa (46′), A. Al Hamhami for S. Alzaabi (46′), H. Al Fardan for A. Jshak (62′), B. Ramirez for A. Al Naqbi (81′) and L. Spadacio for A. Cicaldau (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Al Dhafra – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – 3-2
- Al Bataeh – Al Wahda – 0-4
- Al Ain – Al Ittihad Kalba – 3-0
