KHOBAR. Al Taawon defeats Al Ittifaq 3-1. Al Ittifaq was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
Al Taawon remained in 10 people after Sandro Manoel received a red card in the 8′. Anyway, Al Taawon still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium stadium in Khobar on Thursday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Majed Al Shamrani who had the assistance of Khalaf Al Shamari and . The 4th official was Meshari Al shammari. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 24 Total 9
- 4 On Target 7
- 14 Off Target 1
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 115 Attack 82
- 107 Dangerous attack 57
- 86 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Al Ittifaq was in firm control of the ball 69% while Al Taawon was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittifaq was more aggressive with 107 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Al Taawon managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Al Ittifaq shot 24 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Taawon shot 9 times, 7 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Ittifaq received 2 yellow cards (Hazzaa Al Hazzaa and Saeed Al Mowalad). On the other side, Al Taawon received 4 yellow cards (Yazeed Al Bakr, Hazazi Yahya, A. Gamarra and Aloyayari Abdulmalik).
Also, Al Taawon didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Sandro Manoel (Al Taawon) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (8′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ittifaq will stay with 10 points like Al Hazm, Al Taawon and Abha to stay in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Taawon will have 10 points like Al Hazm, Al Ittifaq and Abha to stay in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittifaq will play away against Al Hazm on the 21st of November with a 8-4 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittifaq (4 draws).
Al Taawon will play away agasint Al Batin on the 21st of November with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Taawon (3 draws).
Al Ittifaq – Formation
Al Ettifaq
79'
75'
23'
Al Ittifaq started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Vladan Milojević decided to play with the following team: R. M’Bolhi, Saeed Al Mowalad, Fahad Zahim, Saeed Al Yami, Sanousi Al Hawsawi, Souza, F. Kiss, N. Sliti, Ali Abdullah Hazzazi, R. Quaison and W. Azarou.
The home team had on the bench: A. Abdellaoui, Abdullah Al Salem, Saad Al Khayri, Abdullah Khateeb, Hazzaa Al Hazzaa, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed Alhaeti, Ibrahim Mahnashi and Saad Alselouli.
Substitutions
Al Ittifaq made 3 changes: Sanousi Al Hawsawi for Abdullah Al Salem (46′), Fahad Zahim for A. Abdellaoui (75′) and R. Quaison for Hazzaa Al Hazzaa (75′).
Al Taawon – Formation
Al Taawoun
8'
Al Taawon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes played with: Cássio, Iago Santos, Awn Mutlaq Al Slaluli, Hazazi Yahya, Sandro Manoel, C. Amissi, A. Gamarra, Ryan Al-Mousa, Tareq Abdullah, L. Tawamba and Fahad Al-Rashidi.
These were the players on the bench: Saad Yaslam, Aloyayari Abdulmalik, Yazeed Al Bakr, Faisal Mohamed, Mohammed Abusabaan, Hassan Al-Amri, Yaqoub Al Hassan, Moataz Al-Baqaawi and Sumayhan Al-Nabit.
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 4 changes: Fahad Al-Rashidi for Hassan Al-Amri (64′), Ryan Al-Mousa for Aloyayari Abdulmalik (65′), A. Gamarra for Yazeed Al Bakr (85′) and C. Amissi for Mohammed Abusabaan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Hilal – Dhamk – 2-0
- Al Faisaly – Abha – 1-0
- Al Ittihad – Al Fateh – 3-0
- Al Ittifaq – Al Taawon – 1-3
