SIHAT. Al Khaleej succeeded in reverse the score against Al Ittifaq to win 2-1. It was Al Ittifaq to strike first with a goal of Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi at the 23′. Then it was a penalty in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Fábio Martins gave the win to Al Khaleej in the 71′ minute. Al Ittifaq lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Al Khaleej Club Stadium stadium in Sihat on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al-Shehri with the support of Adel Sharhilli and Mohammad Al Wahimer. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Harbi. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.1 degrees Celsius or 75.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Ittifaq had a strong ball possession 56% while Al Khaleej was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Ittifaq was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Al Khaleej succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Al Khaleej shot 13 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittifaq shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Khaleej received 1 yellow card (Omar Al Oudah). On the other side, Al Ittifaq received 1 yellow card (Faisal Al Ghamdi).

Standings

After this encounter, Al Khaleej will have 23 points like Al Wahda to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittifaq will stay with 30 points like Abha to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Khaleej will play away against Al Wahda on the 22nd of May with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Al Wahda (1 draw).

Al Ittifaq will play away agasint Al Adalh on the 30th of May with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Ittifaq (0 draws).

Al Khaleej – Formation

Al Khaleej adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva decided to play with the following team: Marwan Al-Haidari, Mohammed Al Khabrani, Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral, Izuchukwu Jude Anthony, Omar Hamad Al Aowda, André Biyogo Poko, Lucas Vieira de Souza, Khaled Al Samiri, Sokol Cikalleshi, Andrew Erick Feitosa and Fábio Santos Martins.

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Falah Al-Sahli, Hani Ismail Al Sibyani, Hassan Al-Majhad, Saleh Yahya Al Abbas, Hamad Abdan Al Abdan, Abdullah Al-Shanqiti, Abdullah Al Harbi, Ahmed Zain and Rayan Al Dossary.

Al Khaleej could not rely on the presence of Hani Al-Sebyani (injured).

Substitutions

Al Khaleej made 3 changes: S. Çikalleshi for Saleh Al Abbas (87′), Fábio Martins for Mohamed Al Sahli (90′) and Pedro Amaral for Hani Al Sibyani (90′).

Al Ittifaq – Formation

Also Al Ittifaq adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Antonio Cazorla Reche played with: Paulo Victor de Mileo Vidotti, Marcel Tisserand, Saeed Fawaz Al Mowalad, Alhwsawi Sanousi Mohammed, Saad Al Mousa, Ibrahim Mahnashi, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Victor Vinicius Coelho Santos, Robin Quaison, Youssoufou Niakaté and Mohammed Marzouq Al Kuwaykibi.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ahmed Alghamdi, Ali Abdullah Hazzazi, Nawaf Hazazi, Darko Velkovski, Abdullah Al Salem, Berat Ayberk Özdemir, Abdulrahman Al Obaid, Hamed Al Ghamdi and Abdullah Hussain Al Oaisher.

Al Ittifaq could not rely on the presence of Darko Velkovski  (injured) and B. Özdemir (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ittifaq made 5 changes: M. Tisserand for Darko Velkovski (44′), Faisal Al Ghamdi for Ali Abdullah Hazzazi (46′), Vitinho for Abdullah Al Salem (76′), Ibrahim Mahnashi for Berat Ayberk Ödemiş (76′) and Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi for Ahmed Alghamdi (85′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Abha – Al Adalh – 1-0
• Al Khaleej – Al Ittifaq – 2-1
• Al Tai – Al Feiha – 2-1
• Al Raed – Al Batin – 3-1