BURAYDAH. Al Ittihad was in the end too much to handle for Al Raed with the goal of Abderrazak Hamdallah (59′), Igor Coronado (73′) and Igor Coronado (80′). On the opposite side, Al Raed scored with (39′). Al Ittihad was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Monday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was with the collaboration of Rui Teixeira and Pedro Almeida. The 4th official was Mohammed Hamad Al Ghamdi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 43.95 degrees Celsius or 111.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 6%.
Match Statistics
- ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
- 5 Total 18
- 1 On Target 9
- 4 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 48 Attack 157
- 16 Dangerous attack 69
- 63 Ball safe 52
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 6
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Al Ittihad was in firm control of the ball 68% while Al Raed was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittihad won the match.
Al Raed shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad shot 18 times, 9 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Raed stays with 0 points to occupy the 18th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Al Ittihad has 3 points (2nd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will host Al Nassr on the 14th of September with a 24-1 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (5 draws).
Al Ittihad will play away agasint Al Wahda on the 28th of August with a 19-4 head to head stats in favor of Al Ittihad (6 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed
87'
Al Raed started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Igor Jovičević decided to play with the following team: Ahmad Al Harbi , Hamad Al Jayzani , Bander Whaeshi , Abdullah Al-Fahad , Mohammed Alsubaie , Mohammed Al-Dosari , Mansour Al Bishi , Mamadou Loum , Yahya Sunbul , Amir Saâyoud and Karim El Berkaoui .
The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Magrshi, Raed Al-Ghamdi , Naif Hazzazi, Rakan Aldosari, Anas Al Zahrani, Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh, Mshari Sanyoor, Firas Al-Ghamdi and Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 4 changes: Karim El Berkaoui for Raed Al-Ghamdi (46′), Amir Saâyoud for Rakan Aldosari (84′), Mamadou Loum for Naif Hazzazi (87′) and Mohammed Al-Dosari for Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut (90′).
Best player: Ahmad Al Harbi
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Raed was the goalkeeper: Ahmad Al Harbi. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
73', 80'
Al Ittihad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: Marcelo Grohe , Madallah Al-Olayan , Muhannad Alshanqeeti , Ahmed Sharahili , Ahmed Bamasud , N’Golo Kanté , Fabinho , Igor Coronado , Romarinho , Abderrazak Hamdallah and Karim Benzema .
They had on the bench: Sultan Farhan , Jota , Awad Al-Nashri, Marwan Al Sahafi, Farhah Ali Alshamrani, Haroune Camara, Saleh Al-Amri and Osama Al-Mermesh.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 5 changes: Romarinho for Jota (76′), N’Golo Kanté for Saleh Al-Amri (84′), N’Golo Kanté for Sultan Farhan (83′), Abderrazak Hamdallah for Haroune Camara (90′) and Fabinho for Awad Al-Nashri (90′).
Best player: Igor Coronado
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittihad was Igor Coronado.
His rating is with 2 goals, 61 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 20 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Shabab – Al Akhdoud – 1-1
- Al Ittifaq – Al Nassr – 2-1
- Al Raed – Al Ittihad – 0-3
- Abha – Al Hilal – 1-3
