Al Sadd was finally too good for Al Khor with the goal of A. Afif (3′), A. Ayew (25′) and A. Ayew (40′). Al Sadd was surely better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The referee was Mohammed Ahmed Al-Sherif assisted by Khalid Ayed Khalaf and Mohammed Al Oan. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Sadd had a strong ball possession 65% while Al Khor was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Sadd shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Khor shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Al Khor received 1 yellow card (Kayke).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Sadd will have 28 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Al Khor will stay with 4 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will play away against Al Wakrah on the 30th of December with a 21-4 head to head stats in favor of Al Sadd (7 draws).
Al Khor will host Qatar SC on the 30th of December with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Qatar SC (10 draws).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
81'
25', 40'
The manager Javier Gracia Carlos decided to play with the following team: Yousef Baliadeh, Abdelkarim Hassan, Mosaab Khoder, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Santi Cazorla, Guilherme, Ali Assadalla, Jung Woo-Young, Tarek Salman, A. Ayew and Akram Afif.
The home team had on the bench: Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef, Faisal Mohamed Azadi, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, B. Bounedjah, Jehad Mohammad Hudib, Mostafa Mashaal, Mohamed Naceur Almanai, Hassan Al Heidos and Mahdi Salem.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 5 changes: A. Ayew for B. Bounedjah (72′), S. Cazorla for H. Al Haydos (72′), R. Tabata for Y. Youssef Abdel Razaq (81′), A. Afif for A. Al Yazidi (86′) and Jung Woo-Young for M. Mashaal (86′).
Al Khor – Formation
Al Khor
69'
Andre Lulz played with: B. Guèye, Rafael Vaz, Mosaab Abdulmajed, Nayef Mubarak, Tameem Al Muhaza, Anas Elfadil Ahmed, I. Fetfatzidis, Hilal Mohammed, Ahmed El Naji Elsadiq, Kayke and I. El Haddad.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Said Brahmi, Khaled Karib, Diyab Taha, Abdul Rahman, Salem Al-Sufiani, Saif Hassan Al Mohanadi, Ali Nader Mahmoud and Jasser Yehia Medany.
Substitutions
Al Khor made 5 changes: A. E. Ahmed for G. Madani (46′), E. Elsadig for A. R. Ragab (46′), G. Fetfatzidis for A. H. Al Mohanadi (66′), Kayke for D. Taha (77′) and I. El Haddad for S. Brahmi (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
