ABU DHABI. Al Wahda was finally too strong for Dibba Al Fujairah with the goal of J. Pedro (35′), J. Pedro (66′) and I. Matar (87′).
Al Wahda remained with 10 players after F. Jumaa received a red card in the 11′. Still, Al Wahda still was able to win this match playing only in 10.
The match was played at the Al-Nahyan Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Salem Khalfan who was helped by Ali Saeed Al Naqbi and Waled Al Karmati. The 4th official was Khalid Bu Hasan. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.7 degrees Celsius or 83.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 14 Total 6
- 6 On Target 0
- 8 Off Target 6
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 113 Attack 79
- 62 Dangerous attack 37
- 142 Ball safe 123
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
Fouls
- 4 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Wahda was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Dibba Al Fujairah that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Wahda was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wahda won the match.
Al Wahda shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Dibba Al Fujairah shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Al Wahda didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Dibba Al Fujairah received 3 yellow cards (A. Ali Rashed, A. De Oliveira and A. Scekic).
(Al Wahda) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (11′).
Also, Dibba Al Fujairah didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Khaled (Dibba Al Fujairah) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (82′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Wahda will have 19 points like Al Sharjah and Shabab Al Ahli Dubai to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Dibba Al Fujairah will stay with 1 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wahda will play away against Al Jazira on the 11th of November with a 14-12 head to head stats in favor of Al Wahda (8 draws).
Dibba Al Fujairah will host Al Bataeh on the 12th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Wahda – Formation
Al Wahda
11'
83'
35', 66'
Al Wahda started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Manuel Enrique Jiménez Jiménez decided to play with the following team: Rashed Ali, Fares Juma Hasan Juma Al Saadi, Abdulla Alkarbi, Ruben Filipe Canedo Amaral, Lucas Pimenta Peres Lopes, Adrien Sebastian Perruchet Silva, Allan Marques Loureiro, Tahnoon Alzaabi, Abdulla Hamad Mohamed Salmeen Al Menhali, Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes and João Pedro Pereira dos Santos.
The home team had on the bench: Waleed Hussain Hassan Abdulla, Sebastián Lucas Tagliabúe, Ahmed Rashid Sultan Alkhabail Almehrzi, Ahmed El Sayed Refaat, Mohamed Al Shamsi, Suhail Salem Yeslam Ahmed Al Mansoori, Mohamed Ali, Alaeddine Zouhir and Ismaeil Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mekhaini Al Junaibi.
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 5 changes: A. Hamad for W. Hussain (63′), A. Alkarbi for M. Ali (83′), J. Pedro for S. Tagliabue (84′), T. Alzaabi for I. Matar (84′) and Pizzi for S. Al Mansoori (90′).
Dibba Al Fujairah – Formation
Dibba Al Fujairah
74'
Dibba Al Fujairah started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Grégory Dufrennes played with: Humaid Abdulla Ali Mubarak Zayed, Mohammad Mustafa, Roger Mendonca Goncalves, Rashed Mohamed Khamis Ali Aldhanhani, Aleksandar Šćekić, Amer Omar Abdullah Salem Bazuhair, Ahmed Ali Rashed, Jandir Breno Souza Silva, Tafadzwa Dhliwayo, Khameis Mohamed and Alvaro de Oliveira.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jamal Ibrahim Hussain Maroof, Ibrahim Saeed Masoud Rashed Al Yaqoubi, Mohamed Khalfan Ali, Kahled Rashed, Mohanad Khamis Obaid, Khaled Abdulla Mobarak Ali Al Blooshi, Saliou Guindo, Marcelo dos Santos Ferreira and Mohamed Salem Nasser Salim Al Rowaihy.
Substitutions
Dibba Al Fujairah made 5 changes: M. Mustafa for S. Guindo (46′), M. Khameis for J. Maroof (46′), A. Ali Rashed for Khaled (46′), R. Mendonca for Marcelo (83′) and M. Rashed for I. Saeed (83′).
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
