DUBAYY. Al Shabab beats Al Tai with a 2-0 win with a goal from H. Diallo (50′) and a goal from H. Al-Monassar (90′).

The match was played at the Shabab Al Ahli Stadium stadium in Dubayy on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Shukri Al Hanfosh with the support of Ibrahim Al Dakheel and Mohammed Al Shehri. The 4th official was Meshal Ali Al-Shehri. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.7 degrees Celsius or 92.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Shabab was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Al Tai that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Shabab was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Shabab won the match​.

Al Shabab shot 21 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Tai shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Al Shabab received 1 yellow card (Husain Al-Monassar). Regarding the opposition, Al Tai received 3 yellow cards (Virgil Misidjan, Marko Dugandzic and Hussain Qasim).

Standings

After this match, Al Shabab will have 12 points to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Tai will stay with 7 points like Al Akhdoud and Abha to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Shabab will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 8th of May with a 14-11 head to head stats in favor of Al Shabab (11 draws).

Al Tai will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 21st of February with a 10-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ahli Jeddah (1 draw).

Al Shabab – Formation

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

The manager Juan Brown decided to play with the following team: Seung-gyu Kim (7.7), Fawaz Al-Sagour (7.7), Iago Santos (8.1), Romain Saïss (7.3), Hussain Al-Sibyani (6.7), Husain Al-Monassar (8.5), Gustavo Cuéllar (7.1), Éver Banega (8.2), Hattan Bahebri (7.0), Habib Diallo (7.9) and Yannick Carrasco (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Hamad Al Yami (7.3), Khalid Al-Asiri, Majed Omar Kanabah, Carlos Junior (7.3), Nawaf Alsadi, Fawaz Al Qarni, Riyadh Sharahili (6.6), Mohammed Essa Harbush and Abdullah Radif (6.3).

Substitutions

Al Shabab made 4 changes: Hussain Al-Sibyani for Hamad Al Yami (32′), Habib Diallo for Carlos Junior (73′), Hattan Bahebri for Abdullah Radif (73′) and Éver Banega for Riyadh Sharahili (86′).

Best player: Husain Al-Monassar​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Shabab was Husain Al-Monassar.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 48 passes (96% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Al Tai – Formation

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

Laurențiu Aurelian Reghecampf played with: Victor Braga (7.3), Tariq Mohammed (6.7), Robert Bauer (7.1), Enzo Roco (7.0), Hussain Qasim (6.3), Alfa Semedo (7.3), Bernard Mensah (7.1), Andrei Cordea (7.0), Virgil Misidjan (7.1), Rakan Shamlan (6.3) and Marko Dugandzic (6.4).

They had on the bench: Abdulkarim Al Sulaima, Abdulaziz Al Harabi (6.6), Salman Mohammed Mohammed Al-Mowasher (6.4), Abdulrahman Al-Harthi (6.4), Jamal Bajandouh, Moataz Al-Baqaawi, Abdulfattah Asiri, Hassan Al-Amri, Ibrahim Alnakhli (6.4) and Salman Al-Muwashar.

Substitutions

Al Tai made 4 changes: Tariq Mohammed for Ibrahim Alnakhli (61′), Rakan Shamlan for Abdulrahman Al-Harthi (69′), Andrei Cordea for Abdulaziz Al Harabi (87′) and Virgil Misidjan for Salman Mohammed Mohammed Al-Mowasher (87′).

Best player: Victor Braga​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Tai was the goalkeeper: Victor Braga. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ahli – Al Wahda – 3-1
• Al Nassr – Dhamk – 2-1
• Al Shabab – Al Tai – 2-0
• Al Hazm – Al Raed – 4-3