DOHA. Al Sadd beats Qatar SC 3-1. Al Sadd was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

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 38.14 degrees Celsius or 100.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Sadd had a strong ball possession 63% while Qatar SC was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Sadd was more aggressive with 23 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.​

Qatar SC shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Sadd shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Qatar SC received 5 yellow cards (Eisa Palangi, Ali Awad, Ben Malango, Ali Awad and Badr Benoun). On the other side, Al Sadd didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Qatar SC will stay with 2 points like Al Shamal to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Al Sadd will have 10 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Qatar SC will play away with Al Arabi on the 28th of September with a 13-12 head to head statistic in favor of Al Arabi (13 draws).

Al Sadd will host Al Gharafa on the 28th of September with a 22-6 head to head record in favor of Al Sadd (11 draws).

Qatar SC – Formation

Qatar SC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Youssef Safri decided to play with the following team: Motasem Majed Al Bustami (6.6), Nasir Baksh (6.3), Badr Benoun (6.7), Ibrahim Majid (6.8), Eisa Palangi (6.5), Javi Martínez (6.6), Raoul Danzabe Sanda (7.2), Bruno Tabata (6.4), Abdullah Abdulsalam (6.9), Bashar Resan (7.0) and Ben Malango (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Al Rabiei, Ali Awad (6.5), Moataz Bostami, Abdallah Hussein Al Muftah, Abdulrahman Al Karbi, Khalid Ahmed Mahmoudi (6.3), Ali Karami (6.3), Jassim Ahmed, Sebastian Soria (6.6), Youssef Mohamed Ali, Adnan Ali Saleh and Ahmed Al Saadi.

Substitutions

Qatar SC made 4 changes: Abdullah Abdulsalam for Sebastian Soria (68′), Eisa Palangi for Khalid Ahmed Mahmoudi (79′), Bruno Tabata for Ali Awad (79′) and Nasir Baksh for Ali Karami (79′).

Best player: Ben Malango​

The most impressive player for Qatar SC was Ben Malango.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 17 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Al Sadd – Formation

Al Sadd started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bruno Miguel Nogueira Pinheiro played with: Meshaal Aissa Barsham (7.6), Pedro Miguel (6.7), Tarek Salman (7.0), Boualem Khoukhi (7.1), Paulo Otávio (7.9), Hassan Al Heidos (6.6), Mateus Uribe (8.1), Mohammed Waad (7.8), Gonzalo Plata (7.8), Yusuf Abdurisag (6.5) and Akram Afif (9.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Saad Al Sheeb, Ali Assadalla (6.6), Ilyes Housni, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Hashim Ali (6.7), Jihad Mohammed Hadeb, Ahmed Suhail, Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (6.7), Musab Kheder (6.7) and Anas Abdulsalam Abweny.

Al Sadd could not rely on the presence of Ali Assadalla (injured).

Substitutions

Al Sadd made 4 changes: Gonzalo Plata for Ali Assadalla (51′), Hassan Al Heidos for Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (74′), Yusuf Abdurisag for Hashim Ali (89′) and Pedro Miguel for Musab Kheder (89′).

Best player: Akram Afif​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Sadd was Akram Afif.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 53 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Umm Salal – Al Ahli – 3-1
• Qatar SC – Al Sadd – 1-3
• Al Rayyan – Al Arabi – 1-0