Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates: conquers 1-0 with a goal scored by H. Ali
RIYADH. Iraq conquers United Arab Emirates 1-0 after H. Ali scored just 1 goal (53').
RIYADH. Iraq overcomes United Arab Emirates 1-0 after H. Ali scored just 1 goal (53′). United Arab Emirates was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the King Fahd International Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Ning Ma who had the assistance of Xiang Shi and Yi Cao. The 4th official was Ahmed Faisal Mohammad Al Ali. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 26.1 degrees Celsius or 78.94 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 13%.
Match Statistics
United Arab Emirates was in firm control of the ball 61% while Iraq was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Iraq was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Iraq won the match.
Iraq shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, United Arab Emirates shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Iraq received 1 yellow card (A. Atiyah). On the opposite side, United Arab Emirates received 4 yellow cards (A. Mabkhout, M. Marzooq, H. A. Suhail and M. M. Abbas).
After playing this match, Iraq will have 5 points to move up in the 9th place. On the other side, United Arab Emirates will stay with 9 points to move up in the 4th place.
Match Events
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26'26'
A. Mabkhout
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53'53'
H. Ali
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56'56'
M. Marzooq
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58'58'
K. Ibrahim
M. Al Hammadi
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58'58'
Harib Abdalla Suhail
Ali Saleh
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59'59'
A. Atiyah
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65'65'
Harib Abdalla Suhail
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68'68'
M. M. Abbas
A. Al Naqbi
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79'79'
Hasan Matrook
Hussein Ali
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79'79'
A. Qasim
M. Younnes
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85'85'
A. Al-Hamadi
A. Hussein
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86'86'
Ali Salmin
Majed Hassan
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86'86'
Sultan Adill Alamiri
Mohammed Marzooq
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90'90'
M. M. Abbas
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90'90'
Mustafa Mohammad Jaber
Ibraheem Bayesh
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90'90'
Ruslan Hanoon
Saad Abdul Ameer
Next match
In the upcoming WC Qualification Asia match, Iraq will play away against Syria on the 29th of March with a 4-4 head to head.
United Arab Emirates will host Korea Republic on the 29th of March with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Korea Republic (0 draws).
Iraq: Formation and Lineups
Iraq started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Abdul Ghani Shahad chose to play with the following team: .
Substitutes
Iraq made 5 changes: H. Ali for H. Raed (79′), M. Younnes for A. Qasim (79′), A. Hussein for A. Al-Hamadi (85′), S. Ameer for R. Hanoun (90′) and I. Bayesh for M. Mohammed (90′).
United Arab Emirates: Formation and Lineups
United Arab Emirates started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the opposite side, Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena played with: .
Substitutes
United Arab Emirates made 5 changes: M. Al Hammadi for K. Ibrahim (58′), A. Saleh for H. A. Suhail (58′), A. Al Naqbi for M. M. Abbas (68′), M. Marzooq for S. Adil (86′) and M. Hassan for M. Rashid (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Asia
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