DOHA. Al Duhail bested Al Ahli to win 2-1. It was Al Duhail to strike first with a goal of Khaled Mohammed at the 22′. Then Sultan Al-Braik scored again for Al Duhail in the 44′ minute. Eventually, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi reduced the distance for Al Ahli (54′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Duhail was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Al-Shammari with the support of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Zahy Al Shmari. The 4th official was Mohsin Yaqoub Al-Sharshani. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Duhail had a strong ball possession 61% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Duhail had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the match.
Al Duhail shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahli shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Duhail didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Al Ahli received 2 yellow cards (Abdulrasheed Umaru and Shoja Khalilzadeh).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Duhail will have 29 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Ahli will stay with 17 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Duhail will host Al Shamal on the 7th of May with a 5-0 head to head in favor of Al Duhail (0 draws).
Al Ahli will host Al Markhiya on the 7th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Al Duhail – Formation
Al Duhail
82'
44'
The manager Hernán Jorge Crespo decided to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria Hassan, Mohammed Musa Abbas Ali, Ismaeel Mohammad Mohammad, Sultan Hussain Al-Braik, Yousef Ayman Hafez, Mohammed Emad, Tae-Hee Nam, Luiz Mairton Carlos Júnior, Khalid Mohammed, Michael Olunga Ogada and Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdulla.
The home team had on the bench: Bassam Hisham Al Rawi, Ahmed Moein Doozandeh, Abdulrahman Mohamed Fahmi Moustafa, Diyab Haroon Taha, Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan, Shehab Mamdouh Ellethy and Ali Hassan Afif Yahya.
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 2 changes: Khaled Mohammed for Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa (75′) and Ismaeel Mohammed for Ahmed Doozandeh (82′).
Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli
68'
Damir Markanovic played with: Yazan Naim Hussein, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kanani Zadegan, Jassem Mohammed Omar, Sofiane Hanni, Nikola Vukčević, Al Doukali Sayed, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Yazan Abdallah Alnaimat and Sekou Oumar Yansane.
These were the players on the bench: Marwan Sherif Badreldin, Abdulrasheed Umaru, Talal Abdulla Bahzad, Saleh Bader Al Yazidi, Abdalaziz Hazaa Al Hasia, Fahad Khalfan Noubi Al Bloushi, Fahad Ahmed Al-Keldi and Muaaz Al Salemi.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 4 changes: S. Hanni for Abdulrasheed Umaru (35′), Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq for Abdalaziz Al Hasia (46′), Jassem Mohammed for Fahad Khalfan (85′) and Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi for Saleh Al Yazidi (85′).
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
