Al Rayyan beat Al Shamal to win 2-1. It was Al Rayyan to strike first with a goal of H. Ali Abdullatif at the 24′. Then Y. Brahimi scored again for Al Rayyan in the 41′ minute. Eventually, M. Al Salemi reduced the distance for Al Shamal (68′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Rayyan made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

Y. Brahimi didn’t convert a penalty (39′) for Al Rayyan.​

The referee was assisted by Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari and Mohammed Al Oan. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Rayyan had a strong ball possession 58% while Al Shamal was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Rayyan was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Rayyan won the encounter.​

Al Shamal shot 3 times, 3 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Rayyan shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Al Shamal received 1 yellow card (A. Attwan). On the opposite side, Al Rayyan received 1 yellow card (S. Khalilzadeh).

Standings

After this contest, Al Shamal will stay with 9 points like Al Ahli to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Al Rayyan will have 12 points like Umm Salal and Qatar SC to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Shamal will host Al Gharafa on the 3rd of January with a 9-3 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (2 draws).

Al Rayyan will host Umm Salal on the 4th of January with a 10-7 head to head record in favor of Al Rayyan (15 draws).

Al Shamal – Formation

The manager Hicham Jadrane Chazouani decided to play with the following team: Marwan Badreldin, Abdel Aziz Mitwali, M. Nani, Khalaf Al Malki, J. de Nooijer, Mohsen Al Yazidi, Amjad Attwan, Nasser Ibrahim, Ali Awad, Yasin Yaqoob and J. Medina.

The home team had on the bench: Zaid Aboulros, Sayed Ahmed, Ahmed Saberi, Mohammad Jeddo, Talal Mazeed, Ibrahim Qassem, Muaaz Al Salemi, H. Dicko, Islam Yassine, Fahad Waad and Mohamed Abdullah Tarkhan.

Substitutions

Al Shamal made 4 changes: A. Awad for M. Al Salemi (65′), M. Al Yazidi for M. Sayed (65′), K. Saad for I. Yassine (84′) and J. de Nooijer for S. Ahmed (88′).

Al Rayyan – Formation

Laurent Blanc played with: Saud Abdullah, S. Khalilzadeh, Ahmed Yasser, Ali Karami, S. Nzonzi, J. Rodríguez, Khalid Muftah, Abdulrahman Al Korbi, Hashim Ali, Naif Al Hadhrami and Y. Brahimi.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohammad Jumaa, Dame Traoré, Tameem Al Abdullah, Mohamed Surag, Mouafak Awad, Yousif Umar Din, Youssef Sayed, Ahmed Al-Rawi and Hadi Ali Tabasideh.

Substitutions

Al Rayyan made only 1 change substituting H. Ali Abdullatif for M. Awad Ahmed (65′)​.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ahli – Al Duhail – 0-6
• Al Shamal – Al Rayyan – 1-2
• Al Gharafa – Al Sailiya – 3-0