BURAYDAH. Al Taawon beat Al Ta’ee 3-2 thanks to L. Tawamba who scored in the 66th and 90th minute. Al Taawon was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City stadium in Buraydah on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Al Okairy with the support of Fahad Al Amri and . The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.3 degrees Celsius or 57.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 25%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 16 Total 5
- 8 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 122 Attack 91
- 88 Dangerous attack 51
- 86 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Taawon was in firm control of the ball 62% while Al Ta’ee was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Taawon had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Taawon won the match.
Al Taawon shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ta’ee shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Taawon received 1 yellow card (Kaku). On the opposite side, Al Ta’ee didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Taawon has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Al Ta’ee stays with points (0th).
Next matches
Al Taawon – Formation
The manager José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes decided to play with the following team: Cássio, Iago Santos, Awn Mutlaq Al Slaluli, Saad Yaslam, Sandro Manoel, C. Amissi, A. Gamarra, Tareq Abdullah, Sumayhan Al Nabit, L. Tawamba and Hassan Al Amri.
The home team had on the bench: L. Henrique, Fahad Al Rashidi, Yazeed Al Bakr, Abdulmalik Al Oyayari, Nawaf Al Subhi, Sulaiman Hazazi, Moataz Al Baqaawi, Ryan Al Mousa and Mohammed Abusabaan.
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 3 changes: S. Manoel for Luvannor (56′), S. Alnabit for F. Al Rashidi (67′) and S. Yaslam for Y. Al Bakr (81′).
Al Ta’ee – Formation
José Luis Sierra Pando played with: M. Lukov, Marcelo, Abdulaziz Majrashi, Lucas, Hassan Al Jubairi, K. Musona, Dener, Abdulkarim Al Qahtani, Abdulaziz Al Harabi, Fahad Al Johani and C. Malele.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Osama Al-Khalaf, Mohammed Maran, Hamed Fallatah, Bader Nawaf, Mohammed Al-Thani, Nawaf Al Arifi, Abdulkarim Sultan, Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi and Mohammed Attiyah.
Substitutions
Al Ta’ee made 2 changes: A. Al Qahtani for O. Al Khalaf (74′) and F. Al Johani for M. Maran (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Kings Cup.
- Al Ahli Jeddah – Al Faisaly – 2-1
- Al Nassr – Al Ittifaq – 1-0
- Al Taawon – Al Ta’ee – 3-2
- Al Feiha – Abha – 4-0