Al Gharafa was after all too much to handle for Al Sailiya with the goal of A. Ali (32′), Ahmed Alaaeldin (35′) and Gabriel (67′).
The referee was Saoud Al Athbah who was helped by Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Abdulmajeed Hussain Al-Karbi. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Obedly.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 8 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 119 Attack 129
- 60 Dangerous attack 52
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 2
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Gharafa was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Al Sailiya that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Gharafa was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Gharafa won the match.
Al Gharafa shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Al Sailiya shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 1 yellow card (M. Jean-Tahrat). Regarding the opposition, Al Sailiya received 1 yellow card (Fahad Khalfan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Gharafa will have 19 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Sailiya will stay with 5 points to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will play away against Al Shamal on the 3rd of January with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Al Gharafa (2 draws).
Al Sailiya will host Al Sadd on the 3rd of January with a 24-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
72'
85'
67'
The manager Andrea Stramaccioni decided to play with the following team: Yousef Hassan, Almahdi Ali, M. Tahrat, Homam Ahmed, S. Hanni, Gabriel, Saeed Alhaj, Othman Alawi, Saifeldeen Fadlalla, C. Diabaté and Ahmed Alaa Eldin.
The home team had on the bench: Abdalla Yousif, Ahmed Mohamed Al Ganehi, Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali, Abdollah Ali Saei, Mohammad Ismail Abu Shanab, Qasem Burhan, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Nasser Al Ahrak, Youssef Hassan, Chalpan Abdulnasir and Andri Syahputra.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 4 changes: C. Diabate for A. Alganehi (17′), Ahmed Alaaeldin for A. A. Saei (71′), S. Hanni for N. Al Ahrak (85′) and O. Al Yahri for A. Ali Surag (85′).
Al Sailiya – Formation
Al Sailiya
Sami Trabelsi played with: Amine Lecomte-Addani, R. Rezaeian, K. Mbodji, Ahmed Al Minhali, N. Hnid, Majdi Siddiq, D. Fettouhi, Mohamed Salah, Rami Fayez, Ali Jasimi and Fahad Khalfan.
These were the players on the bench: Mustafa Hafeth, Omar Fatahy, Abdulla Mahmoud Mahmoud, Khatab Bauobida Ziadeh, Ahmad Al Sebai, Faris Azadi, Saad Hussein, Ghanem Haddaf, Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz and Mohammed Muddather.
Substitutions
Al Sailiya made 4 changes: Fahad Khalfan for S. Hussein Athab (46′), R. Rezaeian for M. Mudather (46′), M. Salah for A. Al Sebai (71′) and K. Mbodji for M. Hafeth (90′).
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
