DUBAI. Al Wasl demolishes Al Dhafra 4-0 with goals of S. Bouftini (20′), F. Lima (42′), F. Lima (48′) and F. Lima (51′). Al Wasl was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Zabeel Stadium stadium in Dubai on Saturday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Nawaf Alzeyouidi who was helped by Ahmed Abdouli and Mohamed Ali Al Shehhi. The 4th official was Ahmed Mussabah Mubarak. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.8 degrees Celsius or 87.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wasl was in firm control of the ball 64% while Al Dhafra was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wasl was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the match.
Al Wasl shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Dhafra shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Wasl didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Dhafra received 1 yellow card (K. Khamis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Wasl will have 11 points like Al Jazira to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Al Dhafra will stay with 4 points like Khorfakkan Club and Bani Yas to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wasl will host Ajman on the 5th of November with a 10-7 head to head statistic in favor of Al Wasl (5 draws).
Al Dhafra will host Al Sharjah on the 5th of November with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Sharjah (8 draws).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja decided to play with the following team: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Salem Juma Awad Mubarak Al Azizi, Soufiane Bouftini, Aleksandar Vasiljević, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Ali Hassan Salmeen Al Balushi, Ali Saleh, Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior, Gabriel Airton de Souza and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
The home team had on the bench: Yousif Ali Almheiri, , Luiz Guilherme Vieira da Silva, Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi, Ghanem Ahmed, Siaka Sidibe, Suhail Abdulla, Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi and Rabee Hassan Salmin.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 5 changes: G. Poblete for S. Sidibe (6′), Gabrielzinho for M. Jaber (46′), F. Lima for O. Abdulrahman (62′), A. Saleh for R. Salmin (89′) and S. Sidibe for G. Ahmed (89′).
Al Dhafra – Formation
Al Dhafra started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Nebojša Vignjević played with: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Mohamed Junaibi, Pedro Pavlov, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Lucas Cândido Silva, Walid Karoui, Mohamed Rayhi and Ahmed Fawzi.
These were the players on the bench: Saeed Salem Saleh Salem Al Kathiri, Ali Eid Ghumail, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Sultan Al Suwaidi, Mitchell te Vrede, Ibrahim Qambar Mohamed Abdulla, Mohamed Jalal, Hamdan Mohamed Suwidan Suwaid Al Muharrami and Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish.
Substitutions
Al Dhafra made 3 changes: M. Rayhi for M. te Vrede (56′), M. Al Junaibi for S. Alsuwaidi (56′) and W. Karoui for H. Al Marzooqi (73′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.