Al Rayyan had a close win over Al Shamal.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Shamal was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Al Rayyan that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Shamal was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Al Rayyan was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Shamal shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Rayyan shot 14 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Shamal received 8 yellow cards (Salmin Atiq, Mahdi Salem, Diyab Taha, Matías Nani, Diyab Taha, Mohammed Al Jabri, Fahad Waad and Hamad Mansour). Regarding the opposition, Al Rayyan received 3 yellow cards (Osamah Al Tairi, Tameem Al Abdullah and Khalid Ali Sabah).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Shamal stays with 2 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Al Rayyan has 9 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Shamal will play away with Al Mu’aidar on the 22nd of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Rayyan will host Al Arabi on the 23rd of September with a 14-11 head to head record in favor of Al Rayyan (12 draws).
Al Shamal – Formation
Al Shamal started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Poya Asbaghi decided to play with the following team: Babacar Seck
, Mowaffaq Awad , Jeison Murillo , Matías Nani , Fahad Waad , Mohamed Rafik Omar , Omid Ebrahimi , Hamad Mansour , Ricardo Gomes , Ali Olwan and Salmin Atiq .The home team had on the bench: Younes El Hannach, Mohammed Al Jabri
, Mohsen Al Yazidi, Abdulaziz Al Ansari, Magid Mohammed, Khalaf Saad, Zed Saad Aboulros, Talal Mazeed, Hassan Palang, Diyab Taha, Mahdi Salem and Abdullah El Rady Mohamed.Al Shamal could not rely on the presence of Mohammed Al Jabri (injured).
Substitutions
Al Shamal made 5 changes: Jeison Murillo for Mohammed Al Jabri (21′), Mowaffaq Awad for Diyab Taha (62′), Hamad Mansour for Abdulaziz Al Ansari (62′), Mohamed Rafik Omar for Mahdi Salem (61′) and Salmin Atiq for Magid Mohammed (77′).
Best player: Ricardo Gomes
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Shamal was Ricardo Gomes.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 7 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.Al Rayyan – Formation
Al Rayyan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nicolás Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal played with: Fahad Baker
, Bassam Al-Rawi , André Amaro , Shogo Taniguchi , Ahmed Al Minhali , Thiago Mendes , Abdelaziz Hatem , Gabriel Pereira , Róger Guedes , Khalid Ali Sabah and Ahmed Alrawi .These were the players on the bench: Naif Al Hadhrami, Adel Bader Al Ahmad, Tameem Al Abdullah, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Mohamed Surag, Abdulla Al Ali, Saud Al Hajiri, Mostafa Osama Abouelela, Osamah Al Tairi, Ibrahim Ali and Fahad Al Qesaimi.
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 3 changes: Ahmed Alrawi for Osamah Al Tairi (84′), Khalid Ali Sabah for Ibrahim Ali (84′) and Gabriel Pereira for Tameem Al Abdullah (79′).
Best player: Róger Guedes
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Rayyan was Róger Guedes.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 21 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.