BURAYDAH. Al Raed finds its way back against Al Shabab with a goal on the G. Krychowiak 58′ and a goal on the A. Boupendza 76′. Al Shabab was surely better in terms of ball possession (71%)
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Khaled Al Teris with the support of Ibrahim Al Dakheel and Fahad Al Amri. The 4th official was Mohammed Salem Al-Daqqash. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.3 degrees Celsius or 70.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Shabab had a strong ball possession 71% while Al Raed was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Shabab was putting more pressure with 144 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Al Shabab to win the match.
Al Raed shot 7 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Al Shabab shot 25 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 3 yellow cards (Marius Sumudica, Mohammed Al-Dawsari and Mohammed Salem). Regarding the opposition, Al Shabab didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Raed will have 25 points to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab will have 44 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will host Dhamk on the 14th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Shabab will play away agasint Dhamk on the 30th of May with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Raed – Formation

Al Raed started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Marius Ninel Şumudică decided to play with the following team: Silviu Lung, Mohammed Abdullah Salem, Mohammed Al Doseri, Pablo Renan dos Santos, Abdullah Al Fahad, Awdh Khamis Faraj, Sultan Farhan, Mansor Faiez Al Beshe, Júlio Tavares, Alexandru Ionuț Mitriță and Karim El Berkaoui.
The home team had on the bench: Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh, Rakan Aldosari, Naif Hazazi, Yahya Sobel, Ahmad Ali Al Harbi, Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut, Damjan Đoković, Abdulmalek Al Shammary and Yehya Sulaiman Al Shehri.
Al Raed could not rely on the presence of Nayef Hazazi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Raed made 2 changes: Alexandru Mitrita for Naif Hazazi (61′) and Karim El Berkaoui for Yahya Sobel (86′).
Al Shabab – Formation

Al Shabab started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Seung-Gyu Kim, Iago Azevedo dos Santos, Fawaz Al Sagourq, Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti, Hussain Alsebyani, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Cristian David Guanca, Riyadh Sharahili, Turki Al-Ammar, Santiago Mina Lorenzo and Aaron Salem Boupendza Pozzi.
They had on the bench: Nader Abdullah Al Sharari, Mohammed Essa Harbush, Fares Garzae, Majed Omar Kanabah, Éver Maximiliano David Banega, Mohammed Issa Al Yami, Moteb Al-Harbi, Hussain Abdoh Al Shaian and Ahmad Jaber.
Substitutions
Al Shabab made 3 changes: Riad Sharahili for M. Al-Harbi (52′), Hussain Al Sibyani for Éver Banega (52′) and Turki Al-Ammar for Ahmad Jaber (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Hilal – Al Ittifaq – 3-0
- Al Nassr – Abha – 2-1
- Al Raed – Al Shabab – 2-2
- Al Fateh – Al Ittihad – 1-5