DOHA. Al Wakrah overcame Al Arabi to win 2-1. A goal from M. Khaled was decisive in the 90min. It was Al Wakrah to strike first with a goal of Yusuf Abdurisag at the 34′. Then it was a penalty in the 82′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mohamed Khaled gave the win to Al Wakrah in the 90′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Grand Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al Athbah who had the assistance of Khalid Ayed Khalaf and Abdulmajeed Hussain Al-Karbi. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Obedly. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.4 degrees Celsius or 86.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Arabi was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Al Wakrah that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Al Wakrah was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Arabi shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Al Wakrah shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Arabi received 2 yellow cards (Ibrahim Nasser Kala and Ahmed Fathy). On the opposite side, Al Wakrah received 4 yellow cards (Murad Naji Hussein, Khalid Muneer, Gelson Dala and Omair Al Sayed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Arabi will stay with 43 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Al Wakrah will have 33 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Arabi will play away with Al Sadd on the 8th of May with a 26-8 head to head stats in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Wakrah will play away agasint Al Sailiya on the 9th of May with a 14-9 head to head record in favor of Al Wakrah (7 draws).
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
64'
45'
82'
The manager Younes Ali Rahmati decided to play with the following team: Jasem Adel Al Hail, Marc Muniesa Martínez, Ahmed Suhail Al Hamawende, Ibrahim Nasser Kala, Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam, Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, Hilal Mohammed Ibrahim, Omar Jihad Al Somah and Abdullah Nasser Murisi.
The home team had on the bench: Noureldin Mohammed Ahmed, Tamer Ramzi Bouri, Mohammed Isamelden Hamadato, El Hashmi El Hussain Mohi aldin, Amir Katol, Hamid Ismaeil Hassan Khaleefa Hamid, Youssef Msakni, Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari, Rami Suhali Ali, Abdulla Issa Al-Salati, Fahad Al-Abdulrahman and Abdulrahman Anad Al Deri.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 4 changes: Ibrahim Nasser Kala for Hamid Ismaeil (64′), Abdullah Murisi for Rami Suhali Ali (64′), Hilal Mohammed for Youssef Msakni (78′) and Abdullah Marafee for Abdulrahman Anad (90′).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
Bartolomé Márquez López played with: Omair Abdulla Al Sayed, Lucas Michel Mendes, Murad Naji Kamal Hussein, Trent Sainsbury, Ahmed Fadel Hasaba, Omid Ebrahimi, Hazem Ahmed Shehata, Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef, Omar Ali, Mohamed Benyettou and Jacinto Muondo Dala.
These were the players on the bench: Ismail Mahmoud Mardanli, Khalid Muneer Mazeed, Ebrahim Al Sadig Ahmed, Mohamed Khlied Hassan, Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim, Saoud Mubarak Al Khater, Nasser Saleh Al Yazidi, Yousef Elkhatib and Hamad Mansour Rajah.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 4 changes: Omar Ali for Khalid Muneer Mazeed (29′), Yusuf Abdurisag for Hamad Mansour (74′), Ahmed Fadel for Ebrahim Ahmed (74′) and M. Benyettou for Mohamed Khlied Hassan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
