DUBAI. Al Wasl found a way to turn the tables against Ajman to win 2-1. It was Ajman to strike first with a goal of V. Mboungou at the 20′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Lima gave the win to Al Wasl in the 90′ minute with a penalty.
Mohamed Ismail received a red card (30′). This red card was one of the reason why Ajman lost the match.
The match was played at the Zabeel Stadium stadium in Dubai on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi with the collaboration of Masood Hassan Ismail and Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi. The 4th official was Yousif Al Jasmi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29 degrees Celsius or 84.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
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 Wasl was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Ajman that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Wasl was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wasl won the match.
Al Wasl shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ajman shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Al Wasl received 2 yellow cards (F. Khalil and F. Lima). On the opposite side, Ajman received 4 yellow cards (A. Saleh, Ben Larbi Firas, A. Al Hosani and S. Jassim).
Also, Ajman didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Mohamed Ismail (Ajman) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (30′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Wasl will have 18 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Ajman will stay with 14 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Uae League, Al Wasl will play away against Bani Yas on the 12th of November with a 12-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Wasl (6 draws).
Ajman will host Al Ittihad Kalba on the 12th of November with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Ajman (2 draws).
Al Wasl – Formation
Al Wasl
10'
90'
46'
Al Wasl adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja decided to play with the following team: Khaled Saif Hamad Ali Al Senani, Salem Juma Awad Mubarak Al Azizi, Faris Khalil, Soufiane Bouftini, Aleksandar Vasiljević, Fabio Virginio de Lima, Gerónimo Gastón Poblete, Ali Hassan Salmeen Al Balushi, Ali Saleh, Gabriel Airton de Souza and Tomás Alejandro Chancalay.
The home team had on the bench: Suhail Abdulla, Siaka Sidibe, Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi, Mohamed Jaber Naser Al Hammadi, Yousif Ali Almheiri, Luiz Guilherme Vieira da Silva, Hazza Salem Mohammed Saeed Al Faresi, Jeferson Douglas dos Santos Souza and Ghanem Ahmed.
Substitutions
Al Wasl made 3 changes: A. Salmeen for O. Abdulrahman (46′), A. Saleh for S. Sidibe (66′) and Gabrielzinho for G. Ahmed (76′).
Ajman – Formation
Ajman
30'
Also Ajman adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Goran Tufegdžić played with: Ali Mohamed Ali Mohamed Al Hosani, Miral Samardžić, Waleid Al Yammahi, Mohamed Ismail, Abdalla Saleh Khamis Al Mukhaini Al Jneibi, Bilal Yousif Abdallah Ali Al Raeesi, Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi, Mohammed Hilal Khalifa, Isam Faiz, Walid Azarou and Vieljeux Prestige Mboungou.
These were the players on the bench: Saoud Saeed Suhail Ali Mohamed, Saeed Suleiman Salem, Nasser Abdulhadi, Saeed Jassim Saleh Ali Hassan, Ali Jaafar Madan, Novak Vuković, Yousuf Ahmed, Abdulla Abdelaziz and Hussain Abdulrahman.
Substitutions
Ajman made 3 changes: M. Hilal for S. Sulaiman (34′), V. Mboungou for S. Jassim (81′) and I. Faiz for N. Abdulhadi (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
