KHOR FAKKAN. Al Nassr defeats Al Khaleej 1-0 after V. Aboubakar scored just 1 goal (5′). Al Nassr was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium stadium in Khor Fakkan on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Sami Al Jires with the support of Bader Ali Al Shamrani and Ali Al Ali. The 4th official was Ahmed Al Barakati. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 6 Total 7
- 1 On Target 2
- 5 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 97 Attack 125
- 56 Dangerous attack 70
- 89 Ball safe 117
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Nassr was in firm control of the ball 67% while Al Khaleej was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Al Khaleej shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Nassr shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Khaleej received 3 yellow cards (Hisham Al Dubais, Khaled Al Samiri and Lucas Souza). On the other side, Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Anderson Talisca and Abdulelah Al-Amri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Khaleej will stay with 4 points to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Al Nassr will have 26 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Khaleej will host Al Wahda on the 13th of January with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Al Wahda (1 draw).
Al Nassr will play away agasint Al Fateh on the 2nd of February with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Al Nassr (8 draws).
Al Khaleej – Formation
Al Khaleej started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva decided to play with the following team: Douglas Alan Schuck Friedrich, Mohammed Al Khabrani, Izuchukwu Jude Anthony, Omar Hamad Al Aowda, André Biyogo Poko, Lucas Vieira de Souza, Khaled Al Samiri, Hussain Ali Alnwaiqi, Ayman Yusef Al-Hujaili, Sokol Cikalleshi and Andrew Erick Feitosa.
The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Falah Al-Sahli, Hazim Hassan Al Zahrani, Hamad Abdan Al Abdan, Hassan Al-Majhad, Abdullah Al-Shanqiti, Abdullah Al Harbi, Saleh Yahya Al Abbas, Marwan Al-Haidari and Hisham Al Dubais.
Substitutions
Al Khaleej made 4 changes: Khaled Al Samiri for H. Al Abdan (70′), Ayman Al-Hujaili for Mohamed Al Sahli (71′), Hussain Ali Alnwaiqi for Saleh Al Abbas (83′) and Omar Hamad Al Aowda for Hisham Al Dubais (90′).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rudi Garcia played with: David Ospina Ramírez, Álvaro González Soberón, Sultan Abdullah Al Ghanam, Ghislain Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo Dias, Gonzalo Nicolás Martínez, Anderson Souza Conceição, Ali Al Hassan, Vincent Paté Aboubakar and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ali Alawjami, Majed Mohammed, Nawaf Alaqidi, Mohammed Maran, Mohammed Abdulhakim Al Fatil, Sami Khalil Al Naji, Ayman Yahya, Abdullah Alkhaibari and Abdulmajeed Mohammed Al Sulaiheem.
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Sami Al-Najei (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 5 changes: Vincent Aboubakar for Ayman Yahya (46′), Ali Al-Hassan for Abdullah Alkhaibari (68′), Ayman Yahya for Sami Al-Najei (69′), Gonzalo Martínez for Mohammed Maran (78′) and Abdulrahman Ghareeb for Ali Alawjami (85′).
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