ABHA. Al Ittihad prevailed over Abha to win 2-1. It was Al Ittihad to strike first with a goal of Abderrazak Hamdallah at the 21′. Then Romarinho scored again for Al Ittihad in the 51′ minute. Eventually, Saleh Al Jamaan reduced the distance for Abha (72′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Abha lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
Saad Bguir didn’t convert a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Abha to draw the match.
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium (Abha) stadium in Abha on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos who was helped by Stéphane De Almeida and Bekim Zogaj. The 4th official was Fareeh Al Jaloud. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.1 degrees Celsius or 61.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 5 Total 12
- 3 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 102 Attack 91
- 74 Dangerous attack 53
- 77 Ball safe 82
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Abha had a strong ball possession 56% while Al Ittihad was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Abha had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Ittihad managed to find the solution to win this match.
Abha shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Al Ittihad shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Abha didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad received 2 yellow cards (Romarinho and Tarek Hamed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Abha will stay with 16 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad will have 24 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will host Dhamk on the 13th of January with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Dhamk (1 draw).
Al Ittihad will play away agasint Al Tai on the 4th of February with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Al Ittihad (0 draws).
Abha – Formation
Abha
76'
72'
Abha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Roel Coumans decided to play with the following team: Devis Rogers Epassy Mboka, Abdullah Mohammed Al Zoari Al Dossary, Sari Amro, Saeed Al Hamsal, Amine Atouchi, Uroš Matić, Saleh Mohammed Al Jamaan, Riyadh Sharahili, Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo, Saâd Bguir and Nawaf Alsadi.
The home team had on the bench: Saad Alselouli, Ahmad Al Hbeab, Zakaria Sami Al Sudani, Fahad Bin Jumayah, Mutair Al-Zahrani, Mansour Jawhar, Saad Natiq Naji, Abdulfattah Mohamed Adam and Mohammed Raji Al Kunaydiri.
Substitutions
Abha made 4 changes: Saeed Al Hamsal for Fahad Bin Jumayah (76′), Felipe Caicedo for Abdulfattah Mohamed Adam (77′), Saleh Al Jamaan for Saad Alselouli (85′) and Amine Atouchi for Saad Natiq (90′).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
56'
Also Al Ittihad adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazi, Ahmed Mohammed Sharahili, Muhannad Mustafa Shanqeeti, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Tarek Hamed, Igor Coronado, Romário Ricardo da Silva, Hélder Wander Sousa Azevedo Costa, Abderrazak Hamdallah and Abdulrahman Al Obod.
They had on the bench: Awad Haidar Al Nashri, Marwan Al Sahafi, Abdullah Al Jadani, Haroune Camara, Ahmed Bamsaud, Abdulaziz Ali Al Bishi, Madallah Alolayan, Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi and Hamdan Al Shamrani.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 3 changes: Hélder Costa for Abdulaziz Al Bishi (69′), Romarinho for Awad Al-Nashri (77′) and Abdulrahman Al-Oboud for Omar Hawsawi (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Hilal – Dhamk – 2-2
- Al Tai – Al Batin – 4-0
- Al Raed – Al Taawon – 2-3
- Abha – Al Ittihad – 1-2
- Al Khaleej – Al Nassr – 0-1
