DOHA. Al Arabi managed to find the solution against Al Ahli to win 2-1. O. Al was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Ahli to strike first with a goal of Yazan Alnaimat at the 29′. Then it was a goal in the 79′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Omar Al Somah gave the win to Al Arabi in the 87′ minute scoring a double. Al Arabi took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Thursday and it started at 6:25 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Al-Shammari with the help of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Hamad Mohd Al Ejji. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Obedly. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19 degrees Celsius or 66.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Arabi was in firm control of the ball 59% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Arabi won the match.
Al Ahli shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi received 1 yellow card (Abdullah Marafee).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Ahli will stay with 10 points like Al Shamal and Qatar SC to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi will have 19 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ahli will play away against Al Sailiya on the 12th of January with a 11-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Ahli (7 draws).
Al Arabi will play away agasint Al Wakrah on the 12th of January with a 19-8 head to head stats in favor of Al Arabi (6 draws).
Al Ahli – Formation
The manager Nebojša Jovović decided to play with the following team: Yazan Naim Hussein, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kanani Zadegan, Islam Yassine Al Sharif, Jassem Mohammed Omar, Sofiane Hanni, Ali Ahmed Qadry, Al Doukali Sayed, Abdulrasheed Umaru, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi and Yazan Abdallah Alnaimat.
The home team had on the bench: Abdalaziz Hazaa Al Hasia, , Fahad Khalfan Noubi Al Bloushi, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Mohamed Lingliz, Saleh Bader Al Yazidi, Sekou Oumar Yansane and Marwan Sherif Badreldin.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 3 changes: Al Doukali Sayed for Sekou Yansané (69′), Islam Al Sharif for Abdalaziz Al Hasia (79′) and Yazan Alnaimat for Saleh Al Yazidi (86′).
Al Arabi – Formation
Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Jasem Adel Al Hail, Hamid Ismaeil Hassan Khaleefa Hamid, Yousuf Muftah Muftah, Abdulla Issa Al-Salati, Aron Einar Gunnarsson, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, Hilal Mohammed Ibrahim, Abdulrahman Anad Al Deri, Youssef Msakni and Omar Jihad Al Somah.
These were the players on the bench: Khalaf Saad, Rami Suhali Ali, , Amir Katol, Noureldin Mohammed Ahmed, , Abdullah Nasser Murisi, Ibrahim Nasser Kala and Abdulrahim Yousuf Al Baloushi.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: Abdulrahman Anad for Abdullah Murisi (46′), Hamid Ismaeil for Ibrahim Nasser Kala (46′) and Abdulla Issa Al-Salati for Rami Suhali Ali (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.