BURAYDAH. Al Taawon topped Al Ittihad to win 2-1. F. Al-Rashidi was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Taawon to strike first with a goal of Fahad Al-Rashidi at the 17′. Then Fahad Al-Rashidi scored again for Al Taawon in the 67′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Abderrazak Hamdallah reduced the distance for Al Ittihad (76′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Ittihad was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%).​

Al Taawon remained with 10 players after Turki Fahad Al Mutairi received a red card in the 90′.

The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastian Dankert who was helped by Stefan Lupp and Lasse Koslowski. The 4th official was Faisal Alblwi. The weather was rainy. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.3 degrees Celsius or 90.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 16%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Ittihad had a strong ball possession 66% while Al Taawon was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Ittihad was more pushing with 104 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 12 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Taawon succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Al Taawon shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad shot 24 times, 12 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Al Taawon received 4 yellow cards (Tareq Abdullah, Sumaihan Al-Nabit, Rashid Alaa Najjar and Raghid Alaa Najjar). Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad received 3 yellow cards (Abdulaziz Al Bishi, Bruno Henrique and Abdulaziz Al Bishi).

(Al Taawon) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Al Taawon will have 40 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad will stay with 59 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Taawon will host Al Batin on the 31st of May with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Taawon (3 draws).

Al Ittihad will host Al Tai on the 31st of May with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittihad (0 draws).

Al Taawon – Formation

Al Taawon started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca decided to play with the following team: Mailson Tenorio dos Santos, Edinaldo Gomes Pereira, Hasan Kadesh, Mohammed Zayed Al-Ghamdi, Saad Yaslam Balobaid, Álvaro Medrán Just, Achraf El Mahdioui, Flavio Medeiros da Silva, Saad Fahad Al Nasser, Leandre Geal Tawamba Kana and Fahad Ayidh Al Rashidi.

The home team had on the bench: Awn Mutlaq Al Slaluli, Sumayhan Alnabit, Turki Fahad Al Mutairi, Raghid Alaa Najjar, Abdullah Hadi Radif, Yazeed Al Bakr, Tariq Mohammed, Hassan Alamiri and Ziyad Al Sahafi.

Al Taawon could not rely on the presence of Raghid Alaa Najjar (injured) and Tareq Abdullah (injured).

Substitutions

Al Taawon made 4 changes: Mailson for Raghid Alaa Najjar (39′), Saad Al Nasser for Sumayhan Alnabit (61′), Fahad Al-Rashidi for Tareq Abdullah (73′) and Flávio  for T. Al Mutairi (74′).

Al Ittihad – Formation

Al Ittihad started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: 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 following players were sitting on the bench: Marwan Al Sahafi, Haroune Camara, Mohammed Al Saiari, Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi, Abdulaziz Ali Al Bishi, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Abdullah Al Jadani, Abdulelah Al Shehri and Awad Haidar Al Nashri.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad made 3 changes: Tarek Hamed for Abdulaziz Al Bishi (72′), Ahmed Bamsaud for Haroune Camara (87′) and Abdulrahman Al Obud for Mohammed Al-Saiari (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Al Wahda – Dhamk – 0-2
• Al Taawon – Al Ittihad – 2-1
• Al Shabab – Al Fateh – 1-0