BURAYDAH. Al Raed snatched a late win Al Batin 1-0 after K. El scored a penalty (90′). Al Raed was vastly superior ball possession (67%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City stadium in Buraydah on Friday and it started at 3:05 pm local time. The referee was Raed Al Zahrani with the help of Bader Ali Al Shamrani and Adel Sharhilli. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 16%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Raed had a strong ball possession 67% while Al Batin was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Raed was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Raed won the match.
Al Raed shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Batin shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 2 yellow cards (Renê and Mohammed Salem). Talking about the opposition, Al Batin received 2 yellow cards (Maurício Antônio and Abdulaziz Al-Alawi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Raed will have 14 points to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Al Batin will stay with 9 points to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will host Al Ta’ee on the 3rd of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Batin will play away agasint Al Ahli Jeddah on the 3rd of November with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Al Ahli Jeddah (2 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed
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46'
90'Al Raed started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pablo Javier Machín Díez decided to play with the following team: Iago Herrerín, Mohammed Salem, Mansour Al Harbi, Renê, Abdullah Al Fahad, Yehya Al-Shehri, Eduardo Henrique, M. Fouzair, Ahmed Zain, Sultan Farhan and Éder.
The home team had on the bench: Rayed Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad Al Harbi, Abdulrahman Al Ghamdi, K. El Berkaoui, Mohammed Al Doseri, Yahya Sunbul, Muteb Al-Mutlaq, Naif Hazazi and Abdullah Almuqrin.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 2 changes: Mansour Al Harbi for K. El Berkaoui (46′) and Eduardo Henrique for Rayed Al-Ghamdi (84′).
Al Batin – Formation
Al Batin
Al Batin started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Darko Nović played with: M. Campaña, Renato Chaves, Maurício Antônio, Abdulaziz Al-Alawi, Bader Nasser, Mohammed Al Qarni, Zakaria Al-Sudani, Y. El Jebli, M. Rayhi, Fábio Abreu and Yousef Al-Shammari.
These were the players on the bench: Mohammed Fraih Alshammari, Mazyad Al-Enazi, Abdulaziz Al-Aryani, Omar Al-Owdah, Mohammed Al-Dhafiri, Abdalmajeed Obaid, Saqr Al-Enazi, Mohammed Bassam Alhurayji and Mohammed Naji.
Substitutions
Al Batin decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
