DOHA. Al Sadd defeats Al Gharafa 3-1. Al Sadd capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Grand Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 6:55 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al Athbah with the collaboration of Saoud Ahmed Al Maqaleh and Zahy Al Shmari. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 3 Total 15
- 1 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 71 Attack 83
- 19 Dangerous attack 55
- 64 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Al Sadd had a strong ball possession 59% while Al Gharafa was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Gharafa shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Sadd shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 1 yellow card (Y. Brahimi). On the other side, Al Sadd received 2 yellow cards (Mohammed Waad and Ali Asad).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will play away with Al Rayyan on the 7th of May with a 19-9 head to head statistic in favor of Al Gharafa (9 draws).
Al Sadd will host Al Arabi on the 7th of May with a 26-8 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
67'
61'
26'
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Yousef Hassan Mohamed Ali, Islom Tukhtakhujaev, Almahdi Ali Mukhtar, Mehdi Jean Tahrat, Homam Ahmed Ahmed, Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Ahmed Alganehi, A. Yousif, Yacine Brahimi and Ahmed Alaa Eldin Abdelmotaal.
The home team had on the bench: Abdollah Ali Saei, Othman Alawi Al Yahri, Isslam Hossam Elawwad, Yousef Saaed Ahmed, Mohammed Ali Jamin, Tameem Al Muhaza, Mostafa Essam Qadeera, Andri Syahputra Sudarmanto, Ahmed Sufyan Ahmed Al Abunora and Ishak Belfodil.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 4 changes: Almahdi Ali for Mostafa Essam Qadeera (67′), Ahmed Alaaeldin for Ishak Belfodil (74′), Ahmed Al Ganehi for Othman Alawi (80′) and Nasser Al Ahrak for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (81′).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
Juan Manuel Lillo Díez played with: Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb, Boualem Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel Correia, Tarek Salman Salman, Santiago Cazorla González, Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Ali Assadalla Thaimn Qambar, Mohammed Waed Abdulwahhab Al Bayati, Hassan Khalid Al Heidos, Baghdad Bounedjah and Akram Hassan Afif.
They had on the bench: Bahaa Mamdouh Ellithi, Ahmed Bader Sayyar, Meshaal Aissa Barsham, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Salem Ali Al Hajri, Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed, Woo-Young Jung, Mosaab Khoder Jibril, Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi and Hashim Ali Abdullatif.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 3 changes: Mohammed Waad for Mosaab Khoder (49′), Hassan Al Haydos for Jung Woo-Young (74′) and Ali Asad for Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
