BURAYDAH. Al Taawon was finally too strong for Dhamk with the goal of L. Henrique (18′), L. Henrique (65′) and A. Gamarra (82′).
The match was played at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz City stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 5:55 pm local time. The referee was Derlis Fabián López López who had the assistance of Eduardo Cardozo and . The 4th official was Mohammed Al Qarni. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 20 Total 10
- 9 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 87 Attack 80
- 77 Dangerous attack 70
- 88 Ball safe 96
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 4 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Dhamk had a strong ball possession 55% while Al Taawon was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Taawon was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Taawon won the match.
Al Taawon shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Dhamk shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Al Taawon received 1 yellow card (L. Henrique). Talking about the opposition, Dhamk received 2 yellow cards (F. Chafaï and Abdulrahman Al Rio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Taawon will have 14 points like Al Batin to go up in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Dhamk will stay with 26 points like Al Nassr to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Taawon will host Al Nassr on the 21st of January with a 16-4 head to head record in favor of Al Nassr (4 draws).
Dhamk will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 21st of January with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Dhamk (1 draw).
Al Taawon – Formation
The manager José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes decided to play with the following team: Cássio, Iago Santos, Awn Mutlaq Al Slaluli, Saad Yaslam, Sandro Manoel, C. Amissi, A. Gamarra, Tareq Abdullah, L. Henrique, L. Tawamba and Hassan Al Amri.
The home team had on the bench: Y. Al Hassan, Sumayhan Al Nabit, Ryan Al Mousa, Yazeed Al Bakr, Moataz Al Baqaawi, Abdulmalik Al Oyayari, Fahad Al Rashidi, Nawaf Al Subhi and Mohammed Abusabaan.
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 3 changes: L. Henrique for Nawaf Al Subhi (66′), Hassan Al Amri for Sumayhan Al Nabit (76′) and Sandro Manoel for Ryan Al Mousa (76′).
Dhamk – Formation
Krešimir Režić played with: M. Zeghba, F. Chafaï, Abdullah Al Ammar, Abdulrahman Al Rio, Ibrahim Al Nakhli, Filipe Augusto, M. Caktaš, Abdulaziz Majrashi, E. Zelaya, H. Soudani and Mansor Hamzi.
They had on the bench: Abdullah Khattab, Mohammed Al Mahasna, Ammar Al Najjar, Arif Al-Haydar, Waleed Hizam Al Enezi, Hassan Al Shammrani, Mazen Abu Shararah, Mohamed Al Sahli and Bader Munshi.
Substitutions
Dhamk made 3 changes: Abdulrahman Al Rio for Waleed Hizam Al Enezi (73′), Abdulaziz Majrashi for Mohamed Al Sahli (78′) and M. Caktaš for Bader Munshi (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Fateh – Al Nassr – 0-1
- Al Ahli Jeddah – Al Shabab – 3-4
- Abha – Al Raed – 1-0
- Al Taawon – Dhamk – 3-0