DOHA. Al Duhail was finally too good for Al Gharafa with the goal of Ferjani Sassi (31′), Bassam Al-Rawi (48′) and Nam Tae-Hee (90′).
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Saoud Al Athbah who was helped by Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al-Sherif. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 20 Total 8
- 7 On Target 1
- 13 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 118 Attack 111
- 87 Dangerous attack 65
- 88 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Duhail was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Duhail was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the match.
Al Duhail shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Al Gharafa shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Duhail received 4 yellow cards (Bassam Al-Rawi, Sultan Al-Braik, Ferjani Sassi and Michael Olunga). Talking about the opposition, Al Gharafa received 2 yellow cards (Abdalla Yousif and Mostafa Essam Qadeera).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Duhail will have 17 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Gharafa will stay with 12 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Duhail will host Umm Salal on the 11th of January with a 16-3 head to head in favor of Al Duhail (5 draws).
Al Gharafa will play away agasint Qatar SC on the 11th of January with a 13-13 head to head stats.
Al Duhail – Formation
Al Duhail
17'
28'
48'
The manager Hernán Jorge Crespo decided to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria Hassan, Rúben Afonso Borges Semedo, Sultan Hussain Al-Braik, Bassam Hisham Al Rawi, Yousef Ayman Hafez, Tae-Hee Nam, Ferjani Sassi, Khalid Mohammed, Suhaib Gannan, Michael Olunga Ogada and Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdulla.
The home team had on the bench: Ali Hassan Afif Yahya, Abdulrahman Mohamed Fahmi Moustafa, Lotfi Rabh Majed, Karim Fadi El Jaouni, Rabh Yahia Boussafi, Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi, Abdulhamid Mumen Sebaei, Ahmed Moein Doozandeh, Luiz Mairton Carlos Júnior, Ali Mohammed Ghulais and Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan.
Al Duhail could not rely on the presence of Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 4 changes: Ruben Semedo for Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi (17′), Suhaib Gannan for Lotfi Majed (82′), Michael Olunga for Rabh Boussafi (90′) and Almoez Ali for Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa (90′).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Yousef Hassan Mohamed Ali, Islom Tukhtakhujaev, Almahdi Ali Mukhtar, Mehdi Jean Tahrat, Mostafa Essam Qadeera, Farid Boulaya, Ahmed Alganehi, A. Yousif, Saifeldeen Fadlalla, Yacine Brahimi and Ishak Belfodil.
These were the players on the bench: Abdollah Ali Saei, Isslam Hossam Elawwad, Nasser Eisa Al Enazi, Othman Alawi Al Yahri, Hamad Kahiout, Yousef Saaed Ahmed, Abdel Rahman Mubarak Yaqoub Al Ali, Tameem Al Muhaza, Ayoub Al Oui, Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak and Andri Syahputra Sudarmanto.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 5 changes: Ahmed Alganehi for Othman Alawi (63′), Almahdi Ali for Ayoub Al Oui (63′), Mostafa Essam Qadeera for Abdullah Ali Saei (71′), Abdalla Yousif for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (84′) and Abdalla Yousif for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Duhail – Al Gharafa – 3-0
