RIYADH. Al Akhdoud tops Al Riyadh 1-0 after L. Tawamba scored just 1 goal (55′).
The match was played at the Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Sami Al Jires who had the assistance of Abdulrahim Habeeb Alshammari and Ibrahim Al Dakheel. The 4th official was Mohammed Abu Shaqarah. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 38.19 degrees Celsius or 100.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 14%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 7 Total 7
- 1 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 89 Attack 73
- 33 Dangerous attack 50
- 66 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 8
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 21 Total 15
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Al Riyadh was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Al Akhdoud that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Akhdoud had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Akhdoud won the match.
Al Riyadh shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Akhdoud shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Riyadh didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Akhdoud received 2 yellow cards (Florin Tănase and Florin Tănase).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Riyadh will stay with 4 points like Al Akhdoud and Al Raed to hold in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Al Akhdoud will have 4 points like Al Raed and Al Riyadh to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Riyadh will play away with Al Hilal on the 14th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Akhdoud will host Al Ittihad on the 14th of September with a 0-0 head to head.
Al Riyadh – Formation
Al Riyadh
81'
Al Riyadh started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Yannick Ferrera decided to play with the following team: Martín Campaña , Khalid Bin Shuwayyi , Ahmad Asiri , Alin Toșca , Abdulelah Al Khaibari , Mohammed bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Aqel , Birama Touré , Fahad Al Rashidi , Juanmi , Saleh Al Abbas and Knowledge Musona .
The home team had on the bench: Amiri Kurdi , Mohammed Al Shwirekh, Mohammed Al-Dosari , Abdulhadi Al-Harajin , Mohamed Al Oqil, Didier N’Dong , Ali Al-Zaqan , Dino Arslanagić and Abdurahman Al Shammeri.
Substitutions
Al Riyadh made 5 changes: Fahad Al Rashidi for Didier N’Dong (61′), Mohammed bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Aqel for Ali Al-Zaqan (61′), Abdulelah Al Khaibari for Mohammed Al-Dosari (61′), Saleh Al Abbas for Abdulhadi Al-Harajin (68′) and Khalid Bin Shuwayyi for Amiri Kurdi (81′).
Best player: Amiri Kurdi
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Riyadh was Amiri Kurdi.
His rating is with 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 81′.
Al Akhdoud – Formation
Al Akhdoud
90'
55'
Al Akhdoud started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Jorge Alberto Lobo Mendonça played with: Paulo Vítor , Hussain Hassan Mushaib Al Zabdani , Solomon Kvirkvelia , Saeed Al-Rabiei , Andrei Burcă , Hamed Al-Mansour , Alex Collado , Eid Mohammed Saeed Al Muwallad , Florin Tănase , Saleh Al Harthi and Léandre Tawamba .
These were the players on the bench: Abdulrahman Khalid Al Rio, Abdulaziz Saleh Al Hatila, Sharaf Ali Salem Al Salim, Juan Pedroza, Mohammed Naif Saleh Al Jahif, Hussein Shaian, Awdh Faraj , Hassan Al-Habib and Murad Mohammed Abdullah Khadari.
Substitutions
Al Akhdoud made 3 changes: Alex Collado for Mohammed Naif Saleh Al Jahif (83′), Saleh Al Harthi for Abdulaziz Saleh Al Hatila (83′) and Hamed Al-Mansour for Awdh Faraj (87′).
Best player: Léandre Tawamba
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Akhdoud was Léandre Tawamba.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ittihad – Al Hilal – 3-4
- Al Riyadh – Al Akhdoud – 0-1
- Al Tai – Abha – 1-0
- Al Feiha – Al Raed – 0-0
