MAHALAH. Abha defeats Al Raed 1-0 after O. Al-Ruwaili scored just 1 goal (57′). Al Raed was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Mahalah on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hoaish with the collaboration of Khalaf Al Shamari and Yasser Al Sultan. The 4th official was Turki Al-Hashlan. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.69 degrees Celsius or 83.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Raed was in firm control of the ball 68% while Abha was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Raed had a more offensive attitude with 97 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Abha was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Abha shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Al Raed shot 14 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Abha received 3 yellow cards (Fahad Bin Jumayah, Mohammed Naji and Uroš Matić). On the opposite side, Al Raed received 3 yellow cards (Júlio Tavares, and Mamadou Loum).

Standings

After playing this match, Abha has 3 points to occupy the 10th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Al Raed stays with 0 points (18th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will host Al Ittifaq on the 14th of September with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Abha (1 draw).

Al Raed will host Al Nassr on the 14th of September with a 24-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nassr (5 draws).

Abha – Formation

Abha adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Roel Coumans decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu (8.4), Saleh Al Qumayzi (7.0), Fabián Noguera (7.2), Zakaria Al-Sudani (8.0), Mohammed Naji (6.8), Fahad Bin Jumayah (6.7), Grzegorz Krychowiak (6.9), Uroš Matić (6.8), Saad Alselouli (6.5), Saad Bguir (7.6) and François Kamano (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Al Shammari, Ahmad Al Hbeab, Abdulrahman Al Bouq, Yousef Mohamed Hussein Al Aqil, Hassan Al Qaid, Mohammed Saad Al Qahtani, Sulaiman Asiri (6.6), Nawaf Alsadi (6.6) and Omar Al-Ruwaili (6.8).

Abha could not rely on the presence of Sulaiman Asiri (injured).

Substitutions

Abha made 3 changes: Saad Alselouli for Omar Al-Ruwaili (46′), Fahad Bin Jumayah for Nawaf Alsadi (73′) and François Kamano for Sulaiman Asiri (88′).

Best player: Ciprian Tătărușanu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Abha was the goalkeeper: Ciprian Tătărușanu. His rating is 8.36. He performed 5 saves.

Al Raed – Formation

Also Al Raed adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Igor Jovičević played with: André Moreira (6.7), Hamad Al Jayzani (7.0), Oumar Gonzalez (7.1), Abdullah Al-Fahad (6.7), Mohammed Alsubaie (7.5), Mohammed Al-Dosari (7.1), Mansour Al Bishi (6.8), Mamadou Loum (7.0), Yahya Sunbul (6.8), Amir Saâyoud (8.7) and Júlio Tavares (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Bander Whaeshi, Abdullah Magrshi, Raed Al-Ghamdi, Naif Hazzazi, Ahmad Al Harbi, Firas Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut, Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh and Faisal Abdulrazaq.

Substitutions

Al Raed made 4 changes: Oumar Gonzalez for Firas Al-Ghamdi (79′), Yahya Sunbul for Raed Al-Ghamdi (79′), Oumar Gonzalez for Bander Whaeshi (79′) and Amir Saâyoud for Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut (88′).

Best player: Amir Saâyoud​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Raed was Amir Saâyoud.

His rating is (8.7) with 43 passes (0% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 16 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ittihad – Al Tai – 2-0
• Al Hilal – Al Feiha – 1-1
• Abha – Al Raed – 1-0