Al Gharafa and Al Arabi didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Al Arabi was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The referee was Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim with the collaboration of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Faisal Eid Al Shammari. The 4th official was Sultan Majed Al Sharshani.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 12 Total 18
- 5 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 75 Attack 95
- 36 Dangerous attack 52
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 9
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Al Arabi had a strong ball possession 59% while Al Gharafa was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Al Arabi to win the match.
Al Gharafa shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Al Arabi shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 3 yellow cards (S. A. Essa, C. Diabate and M. Jean-Tahrat). Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi received 1 yellow card (J. Abdulsallam).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Gharafa will have 16 points like Al Wakrah to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Al Arabi will have 20 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will host Al Sailiya on the 29th of December with a 17-10 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (4 draws).
Al Arabi will host Umm Salal on the 30th of December with a 13-11 head to head in favor of Al Arabi (9 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
83'
63'
The manager Andrea Stramaccioni decided to play with the following team: Yousef Hassan, Almahdi Ali, M. Tahrat, Homam Ahmed, S. Hanni, Gabriel, Saeed Alhaj, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Abdollah Ali Saei, C. Diabaté and Ahmed Alaa Eldin.
The home team had on the bench: Saifeldeen Fadlalla, Abdalla Yousif, Youssef Hassan, Qasem Burhan, Nasser Al Ahrak, Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali, Jassim Al-Zarra, Ahmed Mohamed Al Ganehi, Andri Syahputra, Chalpan Abdulnasir and Othman Alawi.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 3 changes: A. A. Saei for S. Fadlalla (46′), Ahmed Alaaeldin for A. Alganehi (63′) and A. Ali Surag for O. Al Yahri (63′).
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Mahmud Abunada, Muniesa, Hamid Ismaeil, Yousuf Muftah, A. Gunnarsson, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, F. Esmaeili, Ahmed Suhail, Y. Msakni and A. Boupendza.
These were the players on the bench: Fahad Al Abdulrahman, Abdulaziz Al Ansari, Rami Suhali Ali, Sataa Abdul Al Abbasi, Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa, El Hashmi El Hussain, Abdulrahman Anad, Abdullah Murisi, Jassem Abdulsallam, Abdulqadir Ilyas, Ibrahim Nasser Kala and Mohamed Sayyar.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: M. Muniesa for Abdelrahman Fahmi (67′), F. Esmaeili for J. Abdulsallam (86′) and A. Boupendza for A. Ilyas (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
