Al Gharafa managed to turn the tables before demolishing Al Ahli. It was Al Ahli to score first with a goal from Naïm Sliti. Nonetheless, later Al Gharafa found the way to reverse the score scoring 4 consecutive goals with Ahmed Alganehi (27′), Yacine Brahimi (61′), Yacine Brahimi (72′) and Farid Boulaya (90′).
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 10 Total 18
- 3 On Target 7
- 5 Off Target 9
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 98 Attack 102
- 37 Dangerous attack 58
- 77 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Ahli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Gharafa was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Gharafa won the match.
Al Ahli shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Gharafa shot 18 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli received 5 yellow cards (Ali Qadry, Ahmad Sebaie, Idrissa Doumbia, Jassem Al Sharshani and Nebojša Jovović). On the other side, Al Gharafa received 2 yellow cards (Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak and Yacine Brahimi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ahli stays with 0 points to occupy the 11th place in the standings. On the other side, Al Gharafa has 7 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ahli will play away against Umm Salal on the 22nd of September with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Al Ahli (8 draws).
Al Gharafa will host Al Duhail on the 23rd of September with a 18-3 head to head in favor of Al Duhail (6 draws).
Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli
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Al Ahli started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Damir Markanovic decided to play with the following team: Marwan Badredlin , Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq , Danilo Arboleda , Mohamed Aiash , Islam Yassine Al Sharif , Jassem Al Sharshani , Ahmad Sebaie , Idrissa Doumbia , Naïm Sliti , Yazan Al Naimat and Sekou Oumar Yansane .
The home team had on the bench: Yazan Naim, Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar, Talal Abdulla Bahzad, Nasser Saleh Al-Khalfan, Ali Qadry, Mohamed Lengliz, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi, Jassem Mohammed, Abdulrasheed Umaru, Eslam Abdelkader, Yaseen Lafrid and Navid Doozandeh.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 5 changes: Ahmad Sebaie for Ali Qadry (77′), Islam Yassine Al Sharif for Yaseen Lafrid (67′), Mohamed Aiash for Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi (68′), Sekou Oumar Yansane for Abdulrasheed Umaru (68′) and Jassem Al Sharshani for Nasser Saleh Al-Khalfan (77′).
Best player: Naïm Sliti
The most impressive player for Al Ahli was Naïm Sliti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
Al Gharafa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Yousef Hassan , Amro Abdelfatah Surag , Abdalla Yousif , Lyanco , Homam Ahmed , Ferjani Sassi , Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak , Farid Boulaya , Ahmed Alganehi , Yacine Brahimi and Yohan Boli .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdullah Ali Saei , Othman Alawi, Hamed Kahiout, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Dame Traore, Jassim Al Zarra , Khalifa Ababacar, Nasser Eisa Al Enazi, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Ayoub Al Oui and Seydou Sano.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 3 changes: Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak for Abdullah Ali Saei (62′), Yohan Boli for Jassim Al Zarra (90′) and Ahmed Alganehi for Ahmed Alaaeldin (82′).
Best player: Yacine Brahimi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Gharafa was Yacine Brahimi.
His rating is with 2 goals, 25 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Ahli – Al Gharafa – 1-4
- Umm Salal – Qatar SC – 2-2
- Al Mu’aidar – Al Markhiya – 5-2
