DOHA. Qatar SC defeats Al Rayyan 1-0 after B. Benoun scored a penalty (83′).
The match was played at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium stadium in Doha on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Salman Ahmad Flahi with the support of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Youssef Yaqoub Alsharshani. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Al Rayyan was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Qatar SC that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Qatar SC was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Qatar SC won the match.
Al Rayyan shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Qatar SC shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Al Rayyan received 1 yellow card (Dame Traoré). On the other side, Qatar SC received 4 yellow cards (Badr Benoun, Sebastián Soria, Javi Martínez and Ali Awad).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Rayyan will stay with 17 points like Al Shamal to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Qatar SC will have 29 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Rayyan will host Al Gharafa on the 8th of May with a 19-9 head to head statistic in favor of Al Gharafa (9 draws).
Qatar SC will play away agasint Umm Salal on the 9th of May with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Qatar SC (11 draws).
Al Rayyan – Formation
The manager Nicolás Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal decided to play with the following team: Ivanildo Rodrigues dos Santos, Dame Traoré, Shogo Taniguchi, Mohammed Emad, Steven N’Kemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi, Khalid Muftah Mayuuf, Abdulaziz Hatem Mohammed Abdullah, Osamah Al-Tairi, Yohan Boli, Sofiane Boufal and Jeisson Andrés Vargas Salazar.
The home team had on the bench: Sami Mazen Dauleh, Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah, Abdulla Ismail Al Ali, Saud Abdullah Al Hajri, Mohammad Jumaa Mubarak Al Alawi, Abdulrahman Mohammad Ali Al Karbi, Mohamed Surag, Mustafa Asar, Ahmed Mohamed Abdul Maqsoud El Sayed, Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud, Ali Malolah Karami and Abdulrahman Al Harazi.
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 4 changes: Osamah Al Tairi for Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah (75′), Jeisson Vargas for Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud (75′), Khalid Muftah for Abdulla Ismail Al Ali (75′) and Mohammed Emad for Mustafa Asar (87′).
Qatar SC – Formation
Youssef Safri played with: Sataa Abdul Naser Al Abbasi, Ibrahim Majid Abdulmajid, Badr Banoun, Nasir Peer Baksh, Javier Martínez Aginaga, Javier Matías Pastore, Bashar Rasan Bonyan, Omar Ahmad Al Emadi, Raoul Danzabe Sanda, Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana and Eisa Ahmed Palangi.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Moataz Majed, Ahmed Mohammed Al Saadi, Youssef Mohamed Ali, Ahmad Al-Khuwailid, Jassim Ahmed Al Jalabi, Husam Kamal Hassan Hassunin El Said, Khalid Ahmed Mahmoudi, Nabil Bahoui, Motasem Majed Al Bustami, Mohamed Salim Musabah Al Rabiei, Ali Awad Bujaloof and Khaled Waleed Mansour.
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 3 changes: Sebastián Soria for Jassim Ahmed (64′), Javier Pastore for Ali Awad (73′) and Raoul Danzabe Sanda for Moataz Bostami (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.