KALBA. Al Ittihad Kalba overcame Al Urooba to win 2-1. It was Al Ittihad Kalba to strike first with an early goal of O. Camara at the 1′. Then A. Al Naqbi scored again for Al Ittihad Kalba in the 53′ minute with a goal. Eventually, S. A. Rawahi reduced the distance for Al Urooba with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Ittihad Kalba was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium stadium in Kalba on Thursday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi who had the assistance of Jasem Abdulla Al Ali and Salah Salim. The 4th official was Humaid Khalfan Alshamsi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.3 degrees Celsius or 82.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 7 Total 6
- 4 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 113 Attack 88
- 46 Dangerous attack 36
- 104 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
Fouls
- 18 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ittihad Kalba had a strong ball possession 64% while Al Urooba was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad Kalba was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittihad Kalba won the match.
Al Ittihad Kalba shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Urooba shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad Kalba received 1 yellow card (Omar Al Antali). On the opposite side, Al Urooba received 3 yellow cards (K. Eduwo, R. Atassi and A. Kack).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Ittihad Kalba will have 7 points to stay in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Urooba will stay with 3 points to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Ittihad Kalba will play away with Al Nasr on the 28th of October with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nasr (2 draws).
Al Urooba will host Al Sharjah on the 28th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Al Ittihad Kalba – Formation
Al Ittihad Kalba
90'
81'
53'
Al Ittihad Kalba started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Jorge Orosmán da Silva Echeverrito decided to play with the following team: Jamal Abdullah, Mohannad Salem, Abdul Sallam Mohameed, Omar Al Antali, Habib Al Fardan, R. Žulj, W. Cartagena, Nasir Abdelhadi, B. Ramírez, Ahmed Al Naqbi and O. Camara.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Subil, Fahad Barout, Fahad Sebil, E. Linthorst, Waleed Rashid, A. Jshak, Eisa Houti, Muhain Khalifa and R. Varga.
Al Ittihad Kalba could not rely on the presence of F. Obeid (injured).
Substitutions
Al Ittihad Kalba made 5 changes: B. Ramirez for F. Obeid (24′), W. Cartagena for E. Linthorst (72′), A. Al Naqbi for A. Jshak (72′), H. Fardan for R. Varga (81′) and R. Zulj for M. Khalifa (82′).
Al Urooba – Formation
Al Urooba
Al Urooba started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Fathi Labidi played with: Ahmed Al Hosani, R. Atassi, Saeed Ali, Yousuf Khalfan, Gianluca Muniz, Ahmed Haboush, Ali Madan, Ahmed Murad, A. Kack, Y. Olatunji and K. Eduwo.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Mallahi, Ibrahim Al Kaabi, Khalfan Hassan, Khalid Yahya, Suhail Al Harbi, Fawzi Fayez, Said Obaid, Ali Mohamed and Salem Rashed.
Substitutions
Al Urooba made 5 changes: A. Moosa for K. Yahya (46′), Y. Khalfan for F. Fayez (46′), G. Muniz for S. Obaid (63′), A. Haboosh for S. Rashed (73′) and K. Eduwo for K. Al Hamadi (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Bani Yas – Khorfakkan Club – 2-2
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Urooba – 2-1
- Al Wasl – Al Ain – 0-2
