ABHA. Abha conquers Al Ahli Jeddah with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byS. Bguir (85′) and a goal from M. te (75′).
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium (Abha) stadium in Abha on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Al-Harbi with the assistance of Khalaf Al Shamari and Hisham Al Refai. The 4th official was Mohammed Al Qarni. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.1 degrees Celsius or 66.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Abha was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Al Ahli Jeddah that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Abha was was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Abha won the match.
Abha shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahli Jeddah shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Abha received 1 yellow card (Dani Suárez). Talking about the opposition, Al Ahli Jeddah received 2 yellow cards (Haitham Asiri and Dankler).
Also, Al Ahli Jeddah didn’t end the match with 11 players after Dankler (Al Ahli Jeddah) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (80′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Abha will have 13 points like Al Ittifaq to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Al Ahli Jeddah will stay with 15 points like Al Faisaly to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will host Al Hilal on the 26th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Al Hilal (1 draw).
Al Ahli Jeddah will host Al Nassr on the 26th of November with a 11-11 head to head statistic.
Abha – Formation
Abha
61'
85'
Abha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Martin Ševela decided to play with the following team: A. M’Hamdi, Dani Suárez, Saeed Al Hamsal, A. Atouchi, Mohammed Al Kunaydiri, U. Matić, Saleh Al Jamaan, Riyadh Sharahili, Fahad Bin Jumayah, M. te Vrede and S. Bguir.
The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Al Shammari, P. Mboungou, Karam Barnawi, Mohanad Alqaydhi, Abdullah Al Qahtani, Sari Amro, Muath Afaneh, Abdulrahman Al Barakah and Jehad Al Zuwed.
Substitutions
Abha decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Al Ahli Jeddah – Formation
Al Ahli
80'
54'
Also Al Ahli Jeddah adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Besnik Hasi played with: Mohammed Al Yami, Dankler, H. Nagguez, Abdulbasit Al-Hindi, E. Alioski, F. Bradarić, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Ali Al-Asmari, Mohammed Al-Majhad, A. Ndao and Omar Al Somah.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Salman Al-Moasher, Haitham Asiri, Ziyad Al-Johani, Hani Al-Sebyani, Housain Al-Mogahwi, Motaz Hawsawi, Mohammed Al-Khabrani, Nooh Al-Mousa and Yasser Al-Mosailem.
Al Ahli Jeddah could not rely on the presence of Nooh Al-Mousa (injured).
Substitutions
Al Ahli Jeddah made 5 changes: F. Bradarić for Nooh Al-Mousa (54′), A. Ndao for Haitham Asiri (68′), Mohammed Al-Majhad for Ziyad Al-Johani (68′), Abdulrahman Ghareeb for Mohammed Al-Khabrani (86′) and Omar Al Somah for Salman Al-Moasher (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Hazm – Al Ittifaq – 0-3
- Abha – Al Ahli Jeddah – 2-0
- Al Batin – Al Taawon – 3-2
