JEDDAH. Al Ittihad bested Al Shabab to win 2-1. A. Hamdallah was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Ittihad to strike first with a penalty of Abderrazak Hamdallah at the 18′. Then it was a penalty in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Abderrazak Hamdallah gave the win to Al Ittihad in the 90′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Al Shabab was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
Al Ittihad remained with 10 players after Zakaria Al Hawsawi received a red card in the 90′.
Aaron Boupendza squandered a decisive penalty (89′). That would have allowed Al Shabab to draw the match.
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium stadium in Jeddah on Thursday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Srđan Jovanović who was helped by Milan Mihajlović and Uroš Stojković. The 4th official was Khald Alahmari. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.9 degrees Celsius or 84.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 11 Total 24
- 7 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 12
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 84 Attack 118
- 63 Dangerous attack 87
- 79 Ball safe 103
- 2 Penalties 2
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 16
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Al Shabab was in firm control of the ball 66% while Al Ittihad was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Shabab was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Al Ittihad managed to find the solution to win this match.
Al Ittihad shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Shabab shot 24 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad received 4 yellow cards (Igor Coronado, Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazy and Abderrazak Hamdallah). On the other side, Al Shabab received 4 yellow cards (Moreno, Hassan Tambakti, Hussain Al Qahtani and Grzegorz Krychowiak).
(Al Ittihad) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Ittihad will have 59 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab will stay with 50 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittihad will host Al Tai on the 30th of May with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Ittihad (0 draws).
Al Shabab will play away agasint Dhamk on the 31st of May with a 6-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
50'
84'
18', 90'
90'
Al Ittihad started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazi, Madallah Alolayan, Ahmed Mohammed Sharahili, Ahmed Bamsaud, Tarek Hamed, Bruno Henrique Corsini, Igor Coronado, Romário Ricardo da Silva, Abderrazak Hamdallah and Abdulrahman Al Obod.
The home team had on the bench: Marwan Al Sahafi, Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Abdullah Al Jadani, Mohammed Al Saiari, Awad Haidar Al Nashri, Abdulaziz Ali Al Bishi, Abdulelah Al Shehri and Haroune Camara.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 4 changes: Abdulrahman Al Obud for Abdulaziz Al Bishi (73′), Ahmed Bamsaud for Zakaria Al Hawsawi (84′), Igor Coronado for Awad Haidar Al Nashri (84′) and Romarinho for Omar Hawsawi (90′).
Al Shabab – Formation
Al Shabab
Al Shabab started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Vicente Moreno Peris played with: Seung-Gyu Kim, Khaled Ahmed Al Ghamdi, Iago Azevedo dos Santos, Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti, Moteb Al-Harbi, Éver Maximiliano David Banega, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Cristian David Guanca, Husain Massoud Al Monassar, Santiago Mina Lorenzo and Aaron Salem Boupendza Pozzi.
These were the players on the bench: Hattan Babhir, Nader Abdullah Al Sharari, Turki Al-Ammar, Hussain Alsebyani, Ahmad Jaber, Riyadh Sharahili, Majed Omar Kanabah, Saeed Awadh Al Yami and Hussain Abdoh Al Shaian.
Substitutions
Al Shabab made 4 changes: Santi Mina for Turki Al-Ammar (76′), Khalid Al Ghamdi for Hattan Bahebri (76′), Aaron Boupendza for Ahmad Jaber (90′) and Hassan Tambakti for Saeed Al Yami (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
