BURAYDAH. Al Taawon beats Abha 2-0 after L. Tawamba scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 3:05 pm local time. The referee was Christian Ferreyra who had the assistance of Andrés Nievas and Pablo Llarena. The 4th official was Abdullah Al Awedan. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.5 degrees Celsius or 79.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 22%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 9 Total 9
- 6 On Target 1
- 3 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 101 Attack 78
- 37 Dangerous attack 29
- 121 Ball safe 115
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
Fouls
- 20 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Al Taawon had a superior ball possession 59% while Abha was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Taawon was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Taawon won the match.
Al Taawon shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Abha shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Al Taawon received 2 yellow cards (Fahad Al-Rashidi and Hassan Al-Amri). On the opposite side, Abha received 3 yellow cards (U. Matić, Mohanad Alqaydhi and Dani Suárez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Taawon will have 7 points to move up in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Abha will stay with 10 points like Al Hazm and Al Ittifaq to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Taawon will play away against Al Ittifaq on the 5th of November with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Al Ittifaq (5 draws).
Abha will play away agasint Al Faisaly on the 4th of November with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Faisaly (1 draw).
Al Taawon – Formation
Al Taawon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes decided to play with the following team: Cássio, Iago Santos, Awn Mutlaq Al Slaluli, Hazazi Yahya, Sandro Manoel, C. Amissi, A. Gamarra, Ryan Al-Mousa, Tareq Abdullah, Sumayhan Al-Nabit and L. Tawamba.
The home team had on the bench: Moataz Al-Baqaawi, Saad Yaslam, Yaqoub Al Hassan, Nawaf Al-Rashwodi, Mohammed Abusabaan, Fahad Al-Rashidi, Aloyayari Abdulmalik, Hassan Al-Amri and Yazeed Al Bakr.
Al Taawon could not rely on the presence of Hassan Al-Amri (injured).
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 2 changes: Sumayhan Al-Nabit for Hassan Al-Amri (66′) and A. Gamarra for Fahad Al-Rashidi (82′).
Abha – Formation
Abha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Martin Ševela played with: Abdullah Al Shammari, Dani Suárez, Sari Amro, Saeed Al Hamsal, Mohanad Alqaydhi, U. Matić, Riyadh Sharahili, Fahad Bin Jumayah, M. te Vrede, S. Bguir and P. Mboungou.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tariq Al Shahrani, Omar Al Ruwaili, Karam Barnawi, Jehad Al Zuwed, Saleh Al Jamaan, A. M’Hamdi, Abdullah Al Qahtani, Mutair Al-Zahrani and Nawaf Alsadi.
Substitutions
Abha made 4 changes: Sari Amro for Saleh Al Jamaan (66′), Fahad Bin Jumayah for Abdullah Al Qahtani (83′), P. Mboungou for Omar Al Ruwaili (83′) and Mohanad Alqaydhi for Jehad Al Zuwed (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.