DOHA. Al Wakrah conquers Al Rayyan 1-0 after M. Benyettou scored just 1 goal (76′). Al Wakrah was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Ivanildo received a red card (18′). This red card was one of the reason why Al Rayyan lost the match.
Sofiane Boufal didn’t score a decisive penalty (51′). That would have allowed Al Rayyan to draw the match.
The match was played at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Meshari Al Shammari with the collaboration of Saoud Ahmed Al Maqaleh and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.6 degrees Celsius or 87.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 22%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wakrah was in firm control of the ball 62% while Al Rayyan was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wakrah was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wakrah won the match.
Al Wakrah shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Al Rayyan shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (T. Sainsbury, Hazem Shehata and Omair Al Sayed). Talking about the opposition, Al Rayyan received 2 yellow cards (Shogo Taniguchi and Abdulaziz Hatem).
Also, Al Rayyan didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Ivanildo (Al Rayyan) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (18′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Wakrah will have 36 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Rayyan will stay with 17 points like Umm Salal to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Wakrah will play away with Al Sailiya on the 9th of May with a 14-9 head to head in favor of Al Wakrah (7 draws).
Al Rayyan will host Al Gharafa on the 8th of May with a 19-9 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (9 draws).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
90'
66'
76'
The manager Bartolomé Márquez López decided to play with the following team: 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, Mohamed Benyettou, Jacinto Muondo Dala and Khalid Muneer Mazeed.
The home team had on the bench: Hamad Mansour Rajah, Yousef Elkhatib, Mohamed Khlied Hassan, Nabil Irfan, Ebrahim Al Sadig Ahmed, Saoud Mubarak Al Khater, Omar Ali, Ismail Mahmoud Mardanli and Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 3 changes: Yusuf Abdurisag for Mohamed Khlied Hassan (57′), Murad Naji Hussein for Yousef Elkhatib (66′) and Gelson Dala for Omar Ali (86′).
Al Rayyan – Formation
Al Rayyan
18'
Nicolás Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal played with: Ivanildo Rodrigues dos Santos, Dame Traoré, Shogo Taniguchi, Ali Malolah Karami, Abdulla Ismail Al Ali, Mustafa Asar, Steven N’Kemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi, Khalid Muftah Mayuuf, Abdulaziz Hatem Mohammed Abdullah, Sofiane Boufal and Jeisson Andrés Vargas Salazar.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ahmed Mohamed Abdul Maqsoud El Sayed, Yohan Boli, Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah, Mohammad Jumaa Mubarak Al Alawi, Khalid Ali Sabah, Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud, Sami Mazen Dauleh, Naif Abdul Al-Hdhami, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Saud Abdullah Al Hajri, Abdulrahman Mohammad Ali Al Karbi and Mouafak Awad.
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 4 changes: Khalid Muftah for Saud Abdullah (21′), Abdulla Ismail Al Ali for Mouafak Awad (46′), Moustafa Asar for Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah (63′) and S. Nzonzi for Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Umm Salal – Al Shamal – 1-1
- Al Markhiya – Al Sailiya – 1-3
- Al Wakrah – Al Rayyan – 1-0
