Palm City 1:1 Dibba Al Hisn: Presidents Cup Match Result

Match report

Palm City and Dibba Al-Hisn played out a 1-1 draw in the Round of 64 of the President's Cup on Monday evening before the hosts won a penalty shootout. The match ended 1-1 after extra time, with Palm City advancing after converting five penalties to Dibba Al-Hisn's three. The result sends the hosts through to the next round of the competition.

M. Lukowicz gave Palm City the lead in the 41st minute, and the home side held on until A. Diaby equalised for the visitors in the 90th. Both teams made several changes in the second half, with Dibba Al-Hisn bringing on S. Abdelrazaq, A. Saeed and A. El Nawasany after the hour mark. Palm City then replaced H. Aliyoussef and J. Alberto in the 66th minute, followed by Michel and later Lukowicz and J. Daniel.

After 120 minutes the scores were level and the tie went to penalties. Palm City scored their first three attempts, as did Dibba Al-Hisn. The visitors missed their fourth penalty, and Palm City sealed the victory with a fifth successful spot-kick. The shootout ended 5-3 to the hosts.

Palm City dominated possession with 58 per cent and registered 140 attacks compared to 86 for the guests. They also had more corners — 8 to 7 — and created more shots off target, 4 to 2. Both sides hit the target 4 times, and neither team saw a player sent off or booked.

The result ends a recent meeting between the two sides, as they had faced each other on 13 September with Dibba Al-Hisn winning 3-2. Palm City's form has been mixed, with victories over Al-Batah and Al-Hamria but losses to Forte Virtoos and Emirates. Dibba Al-Hisn have been more consistent, beating Al-Fujairah and Al-Hamria while losing to Forte Virtoos.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 58.00 – 42

Shots on target 4 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 2

Attacks 140 – 86

⚽ 41' M. Lukowicz — Goal ⇄ 60' S. Abdelrazaq — Substitution ⇄ 60' A. Saeed — Substitution ⇄ 60' A. El Nawasany — Substitution ⇄ 66' H. Aliyoussef — Substitution ⇄ 66' J. Alberto — Substitution ⇄ 69' Michel — Substitution ⇄ 84' M. Lukowicz — Substitution ⇄ 86' J. Daniel — Substitution ⚽ 90' A. Diaby — Goal

Penalty shootout

3 : 5

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Match events

41' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Goal M. Lukowicz
60' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Substitution S. Abdelrazaq off: N. Alabdouli
60' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Substitution A. Saeed off: A. Nabeil
60' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Substitution A. El Nawasany off: J. Vitor
66' 0:1 Palm City Substitution H. Aliyoussef off: M. Al Menhali
66' 0:1 Palm City Substitution J. Alberto off: J. Silva
69' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Substitution Michel off: A. Khesaif
84' 0:1 Dibba Al Hisn Substitution M. Lukowicz off: A. Aldhuhoori
86' 0:1 Palm City Substitution J. Daniel off: I. Al Hammadi
90' 1:1 Palm City Goal A. Diaby

Statistics

58.00 Possession, % 42

4 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 2

140 Attacks 86

8 Corners 7

10 Free kicks 8

1 Offsides 4

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 9

23 Throw-ins 17

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