SHARJAH. Al Wasl overcomes Al Sharjah 1-0 after Gilberto scored just 1 goal (70′). Al Wasl took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
Caio received a red card (35′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Al Sharjah lost the match.
The match was played at the Al-Sharjah Stadium stadium in Sharjah on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Mohamed with the assistance of Masood Hassan Ismail and Saleh Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Al Marzouqi. The 4th official was Amer Aldhubiea.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 11 Total 8
- 3 On Target 7
- 8 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 76 Attack 73
- 68 Dangerous attack 58
- 49 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 9
Fouls
- 15 Total 16
- 5 Yellow Cards 1
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Al Wasl was in firm control of the ball 58% while Al Sharjah was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sharjah was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Al Wasl succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Al Sharjah shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wasl shot 8 times, 7 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Sharjah received 4 yellow cards (K. Ebraheim, Caio, M. Rashid and S. Al Hassan). Regarding the opposition, Al Wasl received 1 yellow card (T. Chancalay).
Caio (Al Sharjah) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (35′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Sharjah will stay with 13 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl will have 14 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Sharjah will play away with Al Dhafra on the 5th of November with a 10-7 head to head record in favor of Al Sharjah (8 draws).
Al Wasl will host Ajman on the 5th of November with a 10-7 head to head in favor of Al Wasl (5 draws).
Al Sharjah – Formation

Al Sharjah adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu decided to play with the following team: Darwish Mohamed Obaid Mohamed Bin Habib, Konstantinos Manolas, Shahin Abdulrahman, Khaled Ebraheim Helal Ebraheim Aldhanhani, Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni, Miralem Pjanić, Majed Hassan Ahmad Abdulla Al Ahmadi, Khalid Abdulraheem Mohamed Bawazir, Francisco Alcácer García, Caio Lucas Fernandes and Ousmane Camara.
The home team had on the bench: Luan Martins Pereira, Majid Ibrahim Surour, Saeed Al Kaabi, Adel Mohamed Ali Mohamed Al Hosani, Saleem Sultan Salem Saeed Al Sharjee, Mohammad Abdulbasit Al Abdulla, Alhusain Saleh Easa Ali, Majid Rashid Al-Mehrzi and Gustavo Alex Mueller.
Substitutions
Al Sharjah made 5 changes: M. Pjanic for M. Suroor (28′), M. Hassan for M. Rashid (46′), K. Ebraheim for S. Al Hassan (46′), K. Bawazir for S. Al Kaabi (69′) and O. Camara for Luanzinho (77′).
Al Wasl – Formation

Also Al Wasl adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja played with: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Salem Juma Awad Mubarak Al Azizi, Faris Khalil, Soufiane Bouftini, Aleksandar Vasiljević, Hassan Ibrahim Jumaa Hasan Safar, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Ali Hassan Salmeen Al Balushi, Ali Saleh, Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
They had on the bench: Yousif Ali Almheiri, Ghanem Ahmed, Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi, Siaka Sidibe, Suhail Abdulla, Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi, Luiz Guilherme Vieira da Silva, Gabriel Airton de Souza and Rodrigo Oliveira.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 5 changes: H. Ibrahim for S. Sidibe (13′), S. Sidibe for O. Abdulrahman (46′), F. Khalil for R. Oliveira (68′), T. Chancalay for Gabrielzinho (86′) and A. Saleh for M. Jaber (86′).
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