DOHA. Al Sadd overcomes Umm Salal with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Bounedjah (10′) and a goal from A. Afif (88′). Al Sadd was much better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 1:35 pm local time. The referee was Khalid Abdulla Nabet assisted by Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari and Mohmmad Yousef Rastgoo. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.6 degrees Celsius or 67.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Sadd had a superior ball possession 71% while Umm Salal was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Sadd shot 17 times, 3 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Umm Salal shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd received 3 yellow cards (Woo-young Jung, Boualem Khoukhi and Ali Asad). On the opposite side, Umm Salal received 1 yellow card (Atef Mohamed Zaghbani).
Also, Umm Salal didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Atef Mohamed Zaghbani (Umm Salal) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (78′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Sadd will have 19 points like Qatar SC and Al Gharafa to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Umm Salal will stay with 7 points like Al Sailiya to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will host Al Arabi on the 7th of May with a 25-8 head to head in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Umm Salal will host Qatar SC on the 7th of May with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Qatar SC (11 draws).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
67'
90'
10'
The manager Juan Manuel Lillo Díez decided to play with the following team: Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb, Boualem Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel Correia, Mosaab Khoder Jibril, Tarek Salman Salman, Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Ali Assadalla Thaimn Qambar, Woo-Young Jung, Mohammed Waed Abdulwahhab Al Bayati, Baghdad Bounedjah and Akram Hassan Afif.
The home team had on the bench: Hashim Ali Abdullatif, Hassan Khalid Al Heidos, Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed, Santiago Cazorla González, Meshaal Aissa Barsham, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Salem Ali Al Hajri, Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Ahmed Bader Sayyar and Bahaa Mamdouh Ellithi.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 2 changes: Akram Afif for Salem Al Hajri (90′) and Guilherme for Hashim Ali (90′).
Umm Salal – Formation
Umm Salal
78'
Talal El Karkouri played with: Khalifa Ababacar N’Diaye, Ismail Ebrahim Mousa Dahqani, Adil Rhaili, Abdellah Khafifi, Khaled Abdulraouf Al Zereiqi, João Carlos Vilaça Teixeira, Nasser Ibrahim Al-Nasr, Adel Alawi Al Sulimane, Atef Mohamed Zaghbani, Jonathan Kodjia and Valentino Yuel.
These were the players on the bench: Elyas Hamid Barimil, Ali Mohammad Bazmandegan, Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi, Sami Habib Beldi, Sayed Hassan Issa, Yousif Umar Din, Abdulrahman Abubakar Issa Mohammad, Abdallah Khaled Sheikh and Farid Ibrahim.
Substitutions
Umm Salal made 3 changes: Nasser Ibrahim for Elyas Barimil (61′), Adel Al Sulimane for Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi (81′) and J. Kodjia for Abdallah Khaled Sheikh (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Duhail – Al Ahli – 2-1
- Al Rayyan – Al Arabi – 0-3
- Al Wakrah – Al Gharafa – 0-4
- Al Sadd – Umm Salal – 2-0
