DOHA. Al Duhail defeats Qatar SC 3-1. Al Duhail got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Michael Olunga (10′) and Michael Olunga (79′). Al Duhail was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Al Duhail remained with 10 players after Luiz Ceará received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri assisted by Taleb Salem Al Marri and Nasser Hossny Eldoss. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Duhail had a strong ball possession 64% while Qatar SC was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Duhail was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the contest.
Qatar SC shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Duhail shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Qatar SC received 1 yellow card (Nasir Baksh). Regarding the opposition, Al Duhail received 3 yellow cards (Ferjani Sassi, Youssef Ayman and Ismaeel Mohammed).
Also, Al Duhail didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Luiz Ceará (Al Duhail) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Qatar SC will stay with 26 points like Al Gharafa to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Al Duhail will have 39 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Qatar SC will play away against Umm Salal on the 7th of May with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Qatar SC (11 draws).
Al Duhail will host Al Shamal on the 7th of May with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Duhail (0 draws).
Qatar SC – Formation

The manager Youssef Safri decided to play with the following team: Sataa Abdul Naser Al Abbasi, Ibrahim Majid Abdulmajid, Badr Banoun, Nasir Peer Baksh, Javier Martínez Aginaga, Nabil Bahoui, Bashar Rasan Bonyan, Moataz Majed, Omar Ahmad Al Emadi, Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana and Eisa Ahmed Palangi.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmad Al-Khuwailid, Motasem Majed Al Bustami, Javier Matías Pastore, Ali Awad Bujaloof, Ahmed Mohammed Al Saadi, Husam Kamal Hassan Hassunin El Said, Khalid Ahmed Mahmoudi, Jassim Ahmed Al Jalabi, Youssef Mohamed Ali, Khaled Waleed Mansour, Raoul Danzabe Sanda and Mohamed Salim Musabah Al Rabiei.
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 5 changes: Nabil Bahoui for Raoul Danzabe Sanda (40′), Moataz Bostami for Ahmad Al-Khuwailid (70′), Sebastián Soria for Jassim Ahmed (70′), Eisa Palangi for Khalid Mahmoudi (70′) and Omar Al Emadi for Ali Awad (83′).
Al Duhail – Formation

Hernán Jorge Crespo played with: Shehab Mamdouh Ellethy, Federico Fernández, Rúben Afonso Borges Semedo, Yousef Ayman Hafez, Tae-Hee Nam, Karim Boudiaf, Luiz Mairton Carlos Júnior, Ferjani Sassi, Ismaeel Mohammad Mohammad, Michael Olunga Ogada and Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdulla.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Khalid Mohammed, Mohammed Musa Abbas Ali, Mohammed Emad, Mohammed Muntari, Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi, Diyab Haroon Taha, Suhaib Gannan, Ahmed Moein Doozandeh, Salah Zakaria Hassan and Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan.
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 5 changes: Karim Boudiaf for Mohammed Muntari (61′), Ferjani Sassi for Khalid Mohammed (84′), Rúben Semedo for Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi (84′), Ismaeel Mohammed for Suhaib Gannan (85′) and Nam Tae-Hee for Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.