JEDDAH. Al Ittihad was in the end too strong for Al Fateh with the goal of Romarinho (35′ pen), Igor Coronado (37′) and Romarinho (70′).
Al Ittihad remained in 10 people after Ziyad Al Sahafi received a red card in the 77′. Anyway, Al Ittihad still managed to win this contest playing only with 10 players.
Abdulelah Al-Malki missed a penalty (90′) for Al Ittihad.
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Thursday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Al Rumaikhani with the help of Bader Ali Al Shamrani and Hisham Al Refai. The 4th official was Sultan Al Okairy. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.9 degrees Celsius or 84.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 19 Total 5
- 10 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 92 Attack 102
- 68 Dangerous attack 69
- 88 Ball safe 76
- 2 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Fateh had a strong ball possession 55% while Al Ittihad was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Fateh was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Al Ittihad found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Al Ittihad shot 19 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Al Fateh shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Al Fateh received 2 yellow cards (Majed Kanabah and M. Saadane).
(Al Ittihad) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (77′).
Also, Al Fateh didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after M. Saadane (Al Fateh) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (49′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ittihad will have 23 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Fateh will stay with 12 points to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittihad will play away against Al Hilal on the 21st of November with a 15-6 head to head in favor of Al Hilal (11 draws).
Al Fateh will play away agasint Al Ta’ee on the 20th of November with a 0-0 head to head.
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
77'
86'
37'
Al Ittihad adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Cosmin Marius Contra decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazy, Ziyad Al Sahafi, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Muhannad Shanqeeti, K. El Ahmadi, Igor Coronado, Abdulaziz Al Bishi, Abdulelah Al-Malki, Romarinho and Abdulrahman Al Obod.
The home team had on the bench: Omar Hawsawi, Abdullah Al Hafith, Ahmed Bahusayn, Haroune Camara, Bruno Henrique, Y. Niakaté, Rakan Najjar, Hazim Al Zahrani and Abdulaziz Al Jebreen.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 4 changes: Abdulaziz Al Bishi for Y. Niakaté (69′), Romarinho for Omar Hawsawi (80′), Igor Coronado for Haroune Camara (86′) and Abdulrahman Al Obod for Bruno Henrique (86′).
Al Fateh – Formation
Al Fateh
49'
45'
Also Al Fateh adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Yannick Ferrera played with: M. Koval, Qassem Lajami, Nawaf Boushal, C. Cueva, Tawfiq Buhumaid, G. Wikheim, S. Bendebka, Ali Al Zaqan, M. Saadane, Majed Kanabah and I. Santini.
These were the players on the bench: Hassan Abdullah, Othman Al Othma, Waleed Al Enezi, Hassan Al-Habib, Mohammed Alfehaid, Firas Al-Buraikan, Abdullah Al Yousif, Ahmad El Geaidy and Mohammed Al Saeed.
Substitutions
Al Fateh made 5 changes: Majed Kanabah for Mohammed Alfehaid (46′), Ali Al Zaqan for Othman Al Othma (46′), Tawfiq Buhumaid for Abdullah Al Yousif (53′), Qassem Lajami for Hassan Al-Habib (79′) and G. Wikheim for Ahmad El Geaidy (79′).
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
