KHAMIS MUSHAIT. Al Raed overcame Dhamk to win 2-1. It was Al Raed to strike first with an early goal of Karim El Berkaoui at the 7′. Then Julio Tavarès scored again for Al Raed in the 19′ minute. Eventually, Farouk Chafaï reduced the distance for Dhamk (82′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Dhamk was decisively better in terms of ball possession (72%).
El Arbi Hillel Soudani squandered a decisive penalty (28′). That would have allowed Dhamk to draw the match.
The match was played at the Dhamak Club Stadium stadium in Khamis Mushait on Thursday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Alharbi assisted by Hisham Al Refai and Mohammed Al Armati. The 4th official was Fareeh Al Jaloud. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.1 degrees Celsius or 61.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Dhamk was in firm control of the ball 72% while Al Raed was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Dhamk was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Al Raed succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Dhamk shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Raed shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Dhamk received 3 yellow cards (Adam Maher, Hassan Al-Shammrani and Abdullah Al-Ammar). Regarding the opposition, Al Raed received 3 yellow cards (Mohammed Al-Dawsari, Karim El Berkaoui and Mansour Al-Bishi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Dhamk will stay with 18 points like Al Tai to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Raed will have 15 points like Al Fateh to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Dhamk will play away against Al Shabab on the 2nd of February with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Raed will host Al Hilal on the 10th of January with a 25-1 head to head record in favor of Al Hilal (3 draws).
Dhamk – Formation
Dhamk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Krešimir Režić decided to play with the following team: Moustapha Zeghba, Farouk Chafaï, Ibrahim Alnakhli, Abdullah Tarmin, Dhari Sayyar Al Anazi, Adam Maher, José Antonio Delgado Villar, Ryan Al Mousa, Hillel El Arbi Soudani, Mansour Hamzi and Ahmed Zain.
The home team had on the bench: Rayan Mansour Al-Qahtani, Abdulaziz Majrashi, Waleed Hizam, Abdulaziz Saeed N Al Shahrani, Ammar Siraj Y Al Najjar, Hassan Ahmad Al Shammrani, Abdulaziz Making, Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar and Bandar Al-Shahrani.
Substitutions
Dhamk made 5 changes: Dhari Al Anazi for Abdullah Al-Ammar (46′), Rayan Al-Mousa for Abdulaziz Majrashi (46′), Ibrahim Al-Nakhli for Hassan Al-Shammrani (51′), Abdullah Hassoun for Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani (66′) and Ahmad Al-Zaein for Abdulaziz Makeen (79′).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Marius Ninel Şumudică played with: Silviu Lung, Mohammed Abdullah Salem, Mohammed Al Doseri, Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh, Damjan Đoković, Awdh Khamis Faraj, Mohamed Fouzair, Yahya Sobel, Mansor Faiez Al Beshe, Júlio Tavares and Karim El Berkaoui.
These were the players on the bench: Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut, Rakan Aldosari, Omar Fahad Al Kreidi, Nawaf Saad Al Sahli, Yehya Sulaiman Al Shehri, Ahmad Ali Al Harbi and Khalid Abdulaziz Al-Khathlan.
Al Raed could not rely on the presence of Yahia Al-Shehri (injured).
Substitutions
Al Raed made 2 changes: Karim El Berkaoui for Yahia Al-Shehri (87′) and Yahya Sobel for Khaled Al-Khathalan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.