DOHA. Umm Salal prevailed over Al Ahli 3-1 thanks to O. Tannane who scored in the 17th and 65th minute. Umm Salal was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Oussama Tannane (17′), Marouane Louadni (37′) and Oussama Tannane (65′). Al Ahli reduced the distance with a goal (73′) by Naïm Sliti, but there was not much to do for them. Al Ahli was definitely better in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 38.44 degrees Celsius or 101.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 25%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ahli was in firm control of the ball 68% while Umm Salal was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahli was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Umm Salal was able to find the solution to win this match.
Umm Salal shot 16 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahli shot 16 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Umm Salal received 3 yellow cards (Andy Delort, Adel Al Sulimane and Meshaal Al Shammari). On the other side, Al Ahli received 2 yellow cards (Ahmad Sebaie and Jassem Mohammed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Umm Salal will have 5 points like Al Wakrah to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Al Ahli will stay with 0 points like Al Markhiya to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Umm Salal will play away with Al Shamal on the 28th of September with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Umm Salal (6 draws).
Al Ahli will host Al Mu’aidar on the 28th of September with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Al Ahli (1 draw).
Umm Salal – Formation
Umm Salal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Patrice Carteron decided to play with the following team: Landing Badji
, Husam Kamal Hassunin , Marouane Louadni , Naïm Laidouni , Ali Afif , Nasser Ibrahim , Adel Al Sulimane , Victor Lekhal , Kenji Gorré , Andy Delort and Oussama Tannane .The home team had on the bench: Omar Yahya
, Sayed Hassan Issa , Khaled Al Zereiqi , Sami Habib, Khaled Mansour, Abdallah Khaled Sheikh, Walid Fathi Mohamed Aly, Saud Ibrahim Al Nasr, Meshaal Al Shammari , Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi and Mohamed El Gendy.Substitutions
Umm Salal made 5 changes: Ali Afif for Omar Yahya (74′), Victor Lekhal for Khaled Al Zereiqi (74′), Husam Kamal Hassunin for Sayed Hassan Issa (74′), Oussama Tannane for Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi (82′) and Nasser Ibrahim for Meshaal Al Shammari (75′).
Best player: Oussama Tannane
The player that probably impressed the most for Umm Salal was Oussama Tannane.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 27 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Khalid Taj played with: Yazan Naim
, Jassem Mohammed , Danilo Arboleda , Talal Abdulla Bahzad , Islam Yassine Al Sharif , Idrissa Doumbia , Ali Qadry , Abdulrasheed Umaru , Julian Draxler , Naïm Sliti and Yazan Al Naimat .The following players were sitting on the bench: Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar, Ahmad Sebaie
, Mohamed Lengliz, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi, Robin Tihi, Sekou Oumar Yansane , Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Eslam Abdelkader, Yaseen Lafrid, Jassem Al Sharshani, Navid Doozandeh and Nasser Saleh Al-Khalfan .Substitutions
Al Ahli made 3 changes: Ali Qadry for Sekou Oumar Yansane (46′), Abdulrasheed Umaru for Ahmad Sebaie (46′) and Jassem Mohammed for Nasser Saleh Al-Khalfan (89′).
Best player: Naïm Sliti
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ahli was Naïm Sliti.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 63 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.