DOHA. Al Duhail bested Umm Salal to win 2-1. M. Olunga was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. Al Duhail was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al Athbah with the help 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
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 6 Total 17
- 2 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 108 Attack 163
- 73 Dangerous attack 119
- 106 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 11
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Duhail was in firm control of the ball 65% while Umm Salal was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Duhail was more aggressive with 119 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the contest.
Umm Salal shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Duhail shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Umm Salal received 2 yellow cards (Khaled Al Zereiqi and A. Rhaili). On the opposite side, Al Duhail received 1 yellow card (Rúben Semedo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Umm Salal will stay with 16 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Al Duhail will have 48 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Umm Salal will host Qatar SC on the 9th of May with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Qatar SC (11 draws).
Al Duhail will host Al Shamal on the 8th of May with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Al Duhail (0 draws).
Umm Salal – Formation
The manager Talal El Karkouri decided to play with the following team: Khalifa Ababacar N’Diaye, Omar Yahya Ahmed Rabah, Ismail Ebrahim Mousa Dahqani, Adil Rhaili, Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi, Abdellah Khafifi, Yasen Al Bakhet, Khaled Abdulraouf Al Zereiqi, Adel Alawi Al Sulimane, Vinícius Vasconcelos Araújo and Aleksa Vukanović.
The home team had on the bench: Yassir Boussawi, Sayed Hassan Issa, Abdulrahman Abubakar Issa Mohammad, Atef Mohamed Zaghbani, Sami Habib Beldi, Abdel Rahman Raafat Zaky, Mukhtar Ali Mukhtar and Elyas Hamid Barimil.
Substitutions
Umm Salal made 4 changes: Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi for Elyas Barimil (69′), Aleksa Vukanovic for Abdel Rahman Raafat Zaky (83′), Yaseen Al Bakhit for Yassir Boussawi (87′) and Adel Al Sulimane for Sayed Hassan Issa (88′).
Al Duhail – Formation
Hernán Jorge Crespo played with: Shehab Mamdouh Ellethy, Mohammed Musa Abbas Ali, Rúben Afonso Borges Semedo, Bassam Hisham Al Rawi, Yousef Ayman Hafez, Karim Boudiaf, Luiz Mairton Carlos Júnior, Ferjani Sassi, Khalid Mohammed, Michael Olunga Ogada and Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdulla.
These were the players on the bench: Mohammed Al Bakri, Suhaib Gannan, Ali Hassan Afif Yahya, Lotfi Rabh Majed, Ismaeel Mohammad Mohammad, Abdulrahman Mohamed Fahmi Moustafa, Diyab Haroon Taha, Assim Omer Al Haj Madibo, Federico Fernández, Mohammed Muntari and Ahmed Moein Doozandeh.
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 3 changes: Khaled Mohammed for Ismaeel Mohammad (69′), Karim Boudiaf for Assim Madibo (83′) and Michael Olunga for Lotfi Majed (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.