CHIANG RAI. Al Sadd conquers Al Wakrah 4-2. Al Wakrah lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Chiang Rai Stadium stadium in Chiang Rai on Saturday and it started at 9:45 pm local time. The referee was Salman Ahmad Flahi who had the assistance of Saoud Ahmed Al Maqaleh and Abdulmajeed Hussain Al-Karbi. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.8 degrees Celsius or 76.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wakrah had a superior ball possession 56% while Al Sadd was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wakrah was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Al Sadd was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Al Sadd shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wakrah shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd received 1 yellow card (Tarek Salman). Regarding the opposition, Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (Ahmed Fadel, Omar Ali and Omar Ali).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Sadd will have 35 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Al Wakrah will stay with 27 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will host Al Arabi on the 7th of May with a 26-8 head to head in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Wakrah will play away agasint Al Sailiya on the 7th of May with a 14-9 head to head stats in favor of Al Wakrah (7 draws).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
22'
54'
48', 66'
The manager Juan Manuel Lillo Díez decided to play with the following team: Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb, Boualem Khoukhi, Tarek Salman Salman, Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Ali Assadalla Thaimn Qambar, Ahmed Bader Sayyar, Bahaa Mamdouh Ellithi, Hashim Ali Abdullatif, Hassan Khalid Al Heidos, Akram Hassan Afif and Ayoub El Kaabi.
The home team had on the bench: Jehad Mohammad Hudib, Moaz Elwadia, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Mosaab Khoder Jibril, Abdulrahman Bakri Al-Ameen, Mahdi Almejaba, Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa and Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 3 changes: Ali Asad for Mosaab Khoder (54′), Ahmed Sayyar for Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed (74′) and Hashim Ali for Mahdi Almejaba (79′).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
Bartolomé Márquez López played with: Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim, Lucas Michel Mendes, Murad Naji Kamal Hussein, Trent Sainsbury, Ahmed Fadel Hasaba, Omid Ebrahimi, Hazem Ahmed Shehata, Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef, Mohamed Benyettou, Jacinto Muondo Dala and Khalid Muneer Mazeed.
These were the players on the bench: Hamad Mansour Rajah, Mohamed Khlied Hassan, Ebrahim Al Sadig Ahmed, Yousef Elkhatib, Nabil Irfan, Saoud Mubarak Al Khater and Omar Ali.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 2 changes: Khalid Muneer for Omar Ali (79′) and Hazem Shehata for Yousef Elkhatib (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
