ABU DHABI. Al Jazira overcomes Al Wasl 2-0 after A. Bencharki scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd with the support of Mohammed Ahmed Yousuf and Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdullah Suqatari Al Mahri. The 4th official was Khalid Bu Hasan. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.1 degrees Celsius or 84.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Jazira was in firm control of the ball 56% while Al Wasl was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Jazira was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Jazira won the match.
Al Jazira shot 18 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wasl shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Jazira received 1 yellow card (M. Coulibaly). Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl received 1 yellow card (S. Bouftini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Jazira will have 14 points like Al Ittihad Kalba to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Wasl will stay with 15 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Jazira will play away against Al Nasr on the 4th of November with a 16-11 head to head stats in favor of Al Jazira (6 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 Jazira – Formation
Al Jazira
76'
20'
22', 41'
Al Jazira adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Marcel Keizer decided to play with the following team: Ali Khaseif Humad Khaseif Housani, Filip Novák, Abdulla Idrees, Thulani Caleeb Serero, Saleem Rashid Obaid, Abdalla Ramadan, Oumar Traore, Mamadou Coulibaly, Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omran Al Hajeri, Florin Lucian Tănase and Achraf Bencharki.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Mahmoud, Zayed Sultan Ahmed Jassim Ibrahim Al Zaabi, Yousef Ayman, Abdoulay Diaby, Abdullrahman Al Ameri, Bruno Conçeicão de Oliveira, Mohamed Jamal, Khalfan Mubarak Al Shamsi and Mubarak Beni Zamah.
Substitutions
Al Jazira made 3 changes: F. Tanase for A. Diaby (76′), S. R. Obaid for Z. Al Zaabi (76′) and O. Traore for Bruno (76′).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl
Also Al Wasl adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja played with: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Faris Khalil, Soufiane Bouftini, Aleksandar Vasiljević, Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Ali Hassan Salmeen Al Balushi, Ali Saleh, Rodrigo Oliveira, Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Siaka Sidibe, Gabriel Airton de Souza, Ghanem Ahmed, Abdelrahman Saleh Khamis, Suhail Abdulla, Yousif Ali Almheiri, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi and Salem Juma Awad Mubarak Al Azizi.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 4 changes: R. Oliveira for Salem Juma Awad (46′), Gilberto for Gabrielzinho (46′), O. Abdulrahman for G. Poblete (72′) and A. Salmeen for S. Sidibe (73′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Khorfakkan Club – Dibba Al Fujairah – 1-0
- Al Jazira – Al Wasl – 2-0
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Al Nasr – 5-3
- Shabab Al Ahli Dubai – Al Ain – 2-1
