BURAYDAH. Al Raed beats Al Ahli Jeddah 1-0 after A. Zain scored just 1 goal (17′). Al Ahli Jeddah lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City stadium in Buraydah on Monday and it started at 5:50 pm local time. The referee was Khaled Al Teris who was helped by Abdulrahim Habeeb Alshammari and Yasser Al Sultan. The 4th official was Abdulsamad Bakri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ahli Jeddah was in firm control of the ball 59% while Al Raed was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahli Jeddah was putting more pressure with 78 dangerous attacks and 1 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Raed was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Al Raed shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ahli Jeddah shot 1 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 4 yellow cards (Sultan Farhan, Aqeel Al Sahbi, Eduardo Henrique and Éder). On the opposite side, Al Ahli Jeddah received 2 yellow cards (Ali Al-Asmari and Abdulrahman Ghareeb).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Raed will have 21 points like Al Hilal to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Al Ahli Jeddah will stay with 15 points like Al Faisaly and Abha to go up in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will play away with Abha on the 1st of January with a 6-0 head to head record in favor of Al Raed (2 draws).
Al Ahli Jeddah will host Al Shabab on the 1st of January with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Al Shabab (10 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
The manager Pablo Javier Machín Díez decided to play with the following team: Ahmad Al Harbi, Mansour Al Harbi, Aqeel Al Sahbi, Renê, Abdullah Al Fahad, Eduardo Henrique, M. Fouzair, Ahmed Zain, Sultan Farhan, Éder and K. El Berkaoui.
The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Al-Shanqiti, Yehya Al-Shehri, Naif Hazazi, Yahya Sunbul, Rayed Al-Ghamdi, Abdulmohsen Qahtani, Mansor Al-Beshe, Mshari Sanyoor and Abdullah Majrashi.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 5 changes: Éder for Yehya Al-Shehri (73′), Sultan Farhan for Abdullah Majrashi (74′), K. El Berkaoui for Rayed Al-Ghamdi (82′), Ahmed Zain for Abdulmohsen Qahtani (82′) and M. Fouzair for Abdullah Al-Shanqiti (90′).
Al Ahli Jeddah – Formation
Besnik Hasi played with: Mohammed Al-Owais, Dankler, Mohammed Al-Khabrani, Abdulbasit Al-Hindi, Housain Al-Moqahwi, E. Alioski, Nooh Al-Mousa, Ali Al-Asmari, Mohammed Al-Majhad, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Haitham Asiri.
These were the players on the bench: Motaz Hawsawi, Fahad Al-Hamad, Mohammed Majrashi, F. Bradarić, Hani Al-Sebyani, Firas Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed Al Yami, Salman Al-Mowasher and Abdullah Tarmin.
Substitutions
Al Ahli Jeddah made 4 changes: Abdulbasit Al-Hindi for Mohammed Majrashi (46′), Nooh Al-Mousa for F. Bradarić (46′), Housain Al-Moqahwi for Firas Al-Ghamdi (71′) and Ali Al-Asmari for Salman Al-Mowasher (71′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.