Al Sadd crushes Al Gharafa 4-0 after playing a great match

DOHA. Al Sadd crushes Al Gharafa 4-0 with goals of

September 29, 2023

DOHA. Al Sadd annihilates Al Gharafa 4-0 with goals of Akram Afif (27′ pen), Hassan Al Heidos (30′), Ali Assadalla (54′) and Ali Assadalla (60′).

The match was played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time.

Match Statistics

Al Sadd

4 - 0

Al Gharafa

53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

10 Total 14
4 On Target 2
4 Off Target 11
2 Shots blocked 1

92 Attack 110
39 Dangerous attack 53
84 Ball safe 81

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 8
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

20 Total 13
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Sadd was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Gharafa had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Al Sadd was able to find the solution to win this match.

Al Sadd shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Al Gharafa shot 14 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Al Sadd received 3 yellow cards (Hassan Al Heidos, Akram Afif and Yusuf Abdurisag). On the opposite side, Al Gharafa received 3 yellow cards (Farid Boulaya, Yacine Brahimi and Lyanco).

Match Timeline

25'

Lyanco- Yellow

Akram Afif (penalty)

27'

Hasan Al-Haydos(goal)Paulo Otávio

30'

Akram Afif - Yellow

33'

Hasan Al-Haydos- Yellow

34'

Ali Asad- sub ->Gonzalo Plata

46'

Yusuf Abdurisag- Yellow

48'

Ali Asad(goal)Mohammed Waad

54'

56'

F. Boulaya- Yellow

Ali Asad(goal)Akram Afif

60'

61'

Nasser Al Ahrak- sub ->Fabricio Díaz

64'

Y. Brahimi- Yellow

A. Hazbavi- sub ->Mohammed Waad

72'

76'

Jassim Al Zarra- sub ->Ahmed Alganehi

Baghdad Bounedjah- sub ->Yusuf Abdurisag

79'

I. Housni- sub ->Mateus Uribe

80'

Ahmed Suhail- sub ->Paulo Otávio

83'

87'

Othman Alawi- sub ->Farid Boulaya

90'

Lyanco(yellowredcard)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Al Sadd will have 13 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Gharafa will stay with 10 points like Al Duhail to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will play away with Al Mu’aidar on the 27th of October with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Al Sadd (0 draws).

Al Gharafa will host Al Mu’aidar on the 20th of October with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (1 draw).

Al Sadd – Formation

Al Sadd

Meshaal Barsham 22.Qatar

7.3

Tarek Salman 5.Qatar

7.0

Paulo Otávio 6.Brazil

8.1

83'

Boualem Khoukhi 16.Qatar

7.7

Musab Khoder 70.Qatar

7.0

Mohammed Waad 7.Qatar

7.5

72'

Hasan Al-Haydos 10.Qatar

7.0

34'

30'

M. Uribe 88.Colombia

7.5

80'

Yusuf Abdurisag 9.Qatar

7.0

79'

48'

G. Plata 19.Ecuador

7.3

46'

Akram Afif 51.Qatar

9.4

33'

27'

Substitutes

Saad Al-Sheeb 1.Qatar

Jehad Mohammad Hudib 30.Qatar

Ahmed Suhail 37.Qatar

6.8

83'

A. Hazbavi 55.Iran

6.3

72'

Ali Asad 8.Qatar

8.4

46'

54', 60'

Abdullah Al Yazidi 13.Qatar

Anas Abweny 96.Qatar

Baghdad Bounedjah 11.Algeria

6.3

79'

I. Housni 12.France

6.7

80'

Hashim Ali 23.Qatar

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

The manager Bruno Miguel Nogueira Pinheiro decided to play with the following team: Meshaal Aissa Barsham (7.3), Musab Kheder (7.0), Tarek Salman (7.0), Boualem Khoukhi (7.7), Paulo Otávio (8.1), Hassan Al Heidos (7.0), Mateus Uribe (7.5), Mohammed Waad (7.5), Gonzalo Plata (7.3), Yusuf Abdurisag (7.0) and Akram Afif (9.4).

The home team had on the bench: Saad Al Sheeb, Ali Assadalla (8.4), Baghdad Bounedjah (6.3), Ilyes Housni (6.7), Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Hashim Ali, Jihad Mohammed Hadeb, Ahmed Suhail (6.8), Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (6.3) and Anas Abdulsalam Abweny.

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

Substitutions

Al Sadd made 5 changes: Mateus Uribe for Ilyes Housni (80′), Gonzalo Plata for Ali Assadalla (46′), Mohammed Waad for Mohammad Amin Hazbavi (72′), Yusuf Abdurisag for Baghdad Bounedjah (79′) and Paulo Otávio for Ahmed Suhail (83′).

Best player: Akram Afif

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

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 45 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

Al Gharafa – Formation

Al Gharafa

Yousef Hassan 1.Qatar

6.4

Lyanco 3.Brazil

5.6

25'

Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag 7.Qatar

6.0

Dame Traoré 15.Qatar

6.1

S. Sano 42.Senegal

6.1

Y. Brahimi 8.Algeria

6.4

64'

F. Boulaya 10.Algeria

6.4

87'

56'

F. Díaz 29.Uruguay

7.0

61'

Ferjani Sassi 31.Tunisia

7.5

Ahmed Al-Ganehi 9.Qatar

6.3

76'

Yohan Boli 22.Ivory Coast

7.0

Substitutes

Hamad Kahiout 12.Qatar

Khalifa Ababacar 18.Qatar

Chalpan Abdulnasir 33.Qatar

Ayoub Al Ouwi 34.Qatar

Nasser Al Ahrak 4.Qatar

6.4

61'

Abdollah Ali Saei 6.Qatar

Othman Alawi 11.Qatar

6.4

87'

Jassim Al Zarra 17.Qatar

7.0

76'

Ibrahim Khalid 25.Qatar

Yousef Saaed Ahmed 19.Qatar

Nasser Al Enazi 30.Qatar

Al Gharafa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Yousef Hassan (6.4), Amro Abdelfatah Surag (6.0), Lyanco (5.6), Dame Traore (6.1), Seydou Sano (6.1), Farid Boulaya (6.4), Ferjani Sassi (7.5), Fabricio Díaz (7.0), Yacine Brahimi (6.4), Ahmed Alganehi (6.3) and Yohan Boli (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak (6.4), Abdullah Ali Saei, Othman Alawi (6.4), Hamed Kahiout, Jassim Al Zarra (7.0), Khalifa Ababacar, Yousef Saaed Ahmed, Ibrahim Tamer Khalid, Nasser Eisa Al Enazi, Chalpan Abdulnasir and Ayoub Al Oui.

Substitutions

Al Gharafa made 3 changes: Ahmed Alganehi for Jassim Al Zarra (76′), Fabricio Díaz for Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak (61′) and Farid Boulaya for Othman Alawi (87′).