MADINAT ZAID. Al Sharjah snatched a late win Al Dhafra 1-0 after Caio scored a penalty (86′).
The match was played at the Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium stadium in Madinat Zaid on Saturday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Hamad Ali Yousef with the support of Ahmed Saeed Alasal Alrashidi and Turki Al-Zaabi. The 4th official was Abdalla Rashid.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 13 Total 5
- 5 On Target 1
- 8 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 114 Attack 74
- 89 Dangerous attack 35
- 124 Ball safe 144
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Sharjah was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Dhafra that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Sharjah had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sharjah won the match.
Al Sharjah shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Dhafra shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Sharjah received 1 yellow card (Caio). On the opposite side, Al Dhafra received 1 yellow card (M. Rayhi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Al Sharjah will have 19 points like Al Wahda and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Al Dhafra will stay with 4 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Sharjah will host Al Ain on the 12th of November with a 12-11 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ain (8 draws).
Al Dhafra will play away agasint Khorfakkan Club on the 11th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Al Dhafra (0 draws).
Al Sharjah – Formation
Al Sharjah
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Al Sharjah started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Nebojša Vignjević decided to play with the following team: Darwish Mohamed Obaid Mohamed Bin Habib, Konstantinos Manolas, Shahin Abdulrahman, Alhusain Saleh Easa Ali, Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Meloni, Miralem Pjanić, Khalid Abdulraheem Mohamed Bawazir, Mohammad Abdulbasit Al Abdulla, Luan Martins Pereira, Francisco Alcácer García and Caio Lucas Fernandes.
The home team had on the bench: Adel Mohamed Ali Mohamed Al Hosani, Saeed Al Kaabi, Majid Rashid Al-Mehrzi, Majed Hassan Ahmad Abdulla Al Ahmadi, Hamad Fahad, Makhete Diop, Majid Ibrahim Surour, Saleem Sultan Salem Saeed Al Sharjee and Ousmane Camara.
Substitutions
Al Sharjah made 5 changes: Luanzinho for M. Diop (68′), M. Abdulbasit for M. Hassan (83′), K. Bawazir for S. Salem (83′), K. Manolas for O. Camara (83′) and P. Alcacer for M. Rashid (90′).
Al Dhafra – Formation
Al Dhafra
Al Dhafra started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu played with: Abdulla Sultan Ahmed Muftah Al Nasseri, Khalid Butti Musabah Rashed Al Zaabi, Claudio Rafael Nascimento Santos, Mohamed Jalal, Leonard Offoe Amesimeku, Khalid Ali Khamis Obaid bin Mahmoud Al Darmaki, Lucas Cândido Silva, Walid Karoui, Mitchell te Vrede, Mohamed Rayhi and Ahmed Fawzi.
They had on the bench: Mohamed Junaibi, Walid Amber Esmail, Bi Gole Djehi, Hamad Al Marzoqi, Abdulla Hassan Al Qamish, Sultan Al Ghaferi, Rashed Muhayer Saeed Sari Al Ktebi, Ali Eid Ghumail and Pedro Pavlov.
Substitutions
Al Dhafra made 4 changes: A. Fawzi for M. Al Junaibi (60′), M. Jalal for R. M. Saeed (61′), W. Karoui for S. Al Ghafri (78′) and M. Rayhi for A. Eid (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Uae League.
- Al Ittihad Kalba – Bani Yas – 2-1
- Al Dhafra – Al Sharjah – 0-1
- Al Wahda – Dibba Al Fujairah – 3-0
- Al Wasl – Ajman – 2-1
