MADINAT ZAID. Al Bataeh overcome Al Dhafra to win 2-1. Lourency was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Bataeh to strike first with a goal of Lourency at the 30′. Then Lourency scored again for Al Bataeh in the 45′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, M. te Vrede reduced the distance for Al Dhafra a penalty (74′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Bataeh capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

A. Fawzi received a red card (35′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Al Dhafra lost the match.

The match was played at the Al Dhafra Stadium (Madinat Zaid) stadium in Madinat Zaid on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Eisa Mohamed assisted by Ali Saeed Al Naqbi and Amer Abdulla Hasan. The 4th official was Hasan Ali Mohamed Hassan Al Blooshi.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Bataeh had a superior ball possession 58% while Al Dhafra was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Dhafra had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Al Bataeh managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Dhafra shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Bataeh shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Dhafra received 3 yellow cards (L. Candido, M. Rayhi and K. Khamis). Regarding the opposition, Al Bataeh received 3 yellow cards (A. Murad, S. Suwaidan and Z. Ahmed).

(Al Dhafra) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (35′).

Standings

After this match, Al Dhafra will stay with 4 points to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Al Bataeh will have 9 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Uae League, Al Dhafra will host Al Sharjah on the 5th of November with a 10-7 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sharjah (8 draws).

Al Bataeh will host Shabab Al Ahli Dubai on the 4th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Al Dhafra – Formation

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

The manager Nebojša Vignjević decided to play with the following team: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Pedro Pavlov, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Lucas Cândido Silva, Walid Karoui, Mohamed Junaibi, Mohamed Rayhi and Ahmed Fawzi.

The home team had on the bench: Walid Amber Esmail, Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish, Mohamed Jalal, Sultan Al Ghaferi, Mitchell te Vrede, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Hamdan Mohamed Suwidan Suwaid Al Muharrami and Ibrahim Qambar Mohamed Abdulla.

Substitutions

Al Dhafra made 5 changes: M. Al Junaibi for M. Jalal (46′), P. Pavlov for M. te Vrede (46′), K. Al Zaabi for S. Al Ghafri (68′), W. Karoui for H. Mohamed (85′) and M. Rayhi for W. Ambar (85′).

Al Bataeh – Formation

Al Bataeh started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Caio Cesar Zanardi Gomes da Silva played with: Zayed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Artur Jorge Marques Amorim, Saeed Ali Ibrahim Ali Suwaidan, Abdulla Abbas Al Baloosh, Kayque Soares Campos, Haboush Saleh Habou Salbukh, João Pedro Barradas Novais, Thibang Sindile Theophilus Phete, Ahmed Moosa Saqer Murad, Anatole Bertrand Abang and Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Saif Rashid Nasir, Natan Felipe Pedriali, Hamdan Naser Masoud, Hamad Jasim, Ali Saeed Al Blooshi, Mohammad Ahmad bin Yousuf Alshehhi, Sékou Baba Gassama, Abdalla Yousif Abdalla and Ahmed Khalil Sebait Mubarak Al Junaibi.

Substitutions

Al Bataeh made 4 changes: A. Murad for S. Rashid (59′), S. Haboush for Mohammed Ahmed (83′), J. Novais for N. Pedriali (89′) and S. Suwaidan for A. S. Al Blooshi (89′).

Results of the day

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

• Al Sharjah – Al Wasl – 0-1
• Al Dhafra – Al Bataeh – 1-2
• Bani Yas – Al Nasr – 1-1
• Ajman – Khorfakkan Club – 0-0