MAHALAH. Al Khaleej beats Al Akhdoud 1-0 after K. Narey scored a penalty (60′).

Fábio Martins didn’t score a penalty (45′) for Al Khaleej.​

The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Mahalah on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Alharbi with the help of Faisal Al Qahtani and Fahad Al Amri. The 4th official was Sultan Sughayyir. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 27.87 degrees Celsius or 82.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Al Akhdoud was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Al Khaleej that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Khaleej was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Khaleej won the match.​

Al Akhdoud shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Khaleej shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Al Akhdoud received 2 yellow cards (Florin Tănase and Saleh Al Harthi). On the opposite side, Al Khaleej received 3 yellow cards (Khaled Al Sumairi, Jung Woo-Young and I. Šehić).

Standings

After this contest, Al Akhdoud will stay with 4 points like Dhamk, Al Raed and Al Riyadh to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Khaleej will have 8 points like Al Shabab to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Akhdoud will host Al Wahda on the 22nd of May with a 0-0 head to head.

Al Khaleej will host Al Wahda on the 8th of May with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Al Wahda (1 draw).

Al Akhdoud – Formation

Al Akhdoud started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Jorge Alberto Lobo Mendonça decided to play with the following team: Paulo Vítor (8.2), Hussain Hassan Mushaib Al Zabdani (7.0), Saeed Al-Rabiei (7.0), Saeed Al Rubaie, Solomon Kvirkvelia (7.3), Andrei Burcă (6.4), Hamed Al-Mansour (6.8), Alex Collado (6.8), Eid Mohammed Saeed Al Muwallad (7.0), Florin Tănase (6.6), Saviour Godwin (6.4) and Léandre Tawamba (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Abdulrahman Khalid Al Rio, Saleh Al Harthi (7.0), Abdulaziz Saleh Al Hatila, Ahmed Mostafa (6.8), Sharaf Ali Salem Al Salim, Mohammed Naif Saleh Al Jahif, Hussein Shaian, Awdh Faraj and Hassan Al-Habib (6.7).

Al Akhdoud could not rely on the presence of Saleh Al Harthi (injured).

Substitutions

Al Akhdoud made 3 changes: Andrei Burcă for Hassan Al-Habib (39′), Hamed Al-Mansour for Ahmed Mostafa (64′) and Eid Mohammed Saeed Al Muwallad for Saleh Al Harthi (64′).

Best player: Paulo Vítor​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Akhdoud was the goalkeeper: Paulo Vítor. His rating is 8.16. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.

Al Khaleej – Formation

Al Khaleej started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva played with: I. Šehić (8.4), Arif Al-Haydar (7.9), Mohammed Al Khabrani (7.0), L. López (7.5), Pedro Rebocho (7.3), Jung Woo-Young (7.1), Ivo Rodrigues (7.5), K. Narey (7.9), Mansour Hamzi (7.0), Fábio Martins (8.2), Mohamed Sherif (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Khaled Al Sumairi (6.6), Abdullah Al Salem, Abdullah Al Shanqiti, Hassan Al Majhad, Abdulelah, Fawaz Al Terais, Bandar Nasser, Saeed Al Hamsal (7.0) and Marwan Al Haidari.

Substitutions

Al Khaleej made 4 changes: Arif Al-Haydar for Saeed Al Hamsal (64′), Mansour Hamzi for Khaled Al Sumairi (77′), Mohamed Sherif for Hassan Al Majhad (90′) and Fábio Martins for Abdullah Al Salem (90′).

Best player: I. Šehić​

The most impressive player for Al Khaleej was the goalkeeper: I. Šehić. His rating is 8.36. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Al Nassr – Al Ahli Jeddah – 4-3
• Al Wahda – Abha – 4-0
• Al Riyadh – Al Feiha – 1-3
• Al Akhdoud – Al Khaleej – 0-1