ABHA. Abha conquers Al Raed 1-0 after R. scored an own goal 62min. Al Raed was much superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium (Abha) stadium in Abha on Saturday and it started at 3:45 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Esmaiel who was helped by Fahad Al Amri and Emad Mohammed Askar. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Raed was in firm control of the ball 68% while Abha was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Raed was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Abha succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Abha shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Raed shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Abha received 2 yellow cards (M. te Vrede and S. Bguir). Regarding the opposition, Al Raed received 2 yellow cards (Mansour Al Harbi and Abdulmohsen Qahtani).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Abha will have 18 points to soar in the 9th place. On the other side, Al Raed will stay with 21 points like Al Feiha to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will play away with Al Ittifaq on the 20th of January with a 4-4 head to head stats.
Al Raed will play away agasint Al Hazm on the 22nd of January with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Al Raed (2 draws).
Abha – Formation
Abha started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Martin Ševela decided to play with the following team: A. M’Hamdi, Sari Amr, Saeed Al Hamsal, A. Atouchi, Mohanad Alqaydhi, U. Matić, Abdulrahman Al Barakah, Saleh Al Jamaan, M. te Vrede, S. Bguir and P. Mboungou.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmad Al Hbeab, Muath Afaneh, Jehad Al Zuwed, Karam Barnawi, Riyadh Sharahili, Abdullah Al Shammari, Hassan Al Qayd, Dani Suárez and Omar Al Ruwaili.
Substitutions
Abha decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pablo Javier Machín Díez played with: Ahmad Al Harbi, Mohammed Salem, Mansour Al Harbi, Aqeel Al Sahbi, Renê, Eduardo Henrique, M. Fouzair, Ahmed Zain, Sultan Farhan, Éder and K. El Berkaoui.
These were the players on the bench: Mshari Sanyoor, Abdullah Al-Shanqiti, Abdullah Majrashi, Abdulmohsen Qahtani, Yahya Sunbul, Rayed Al-Ghamdi, Naif Hazazi, Abdullah Al Fahad and Mansor Al-Beshe.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 4 changes: Ahmed Zain for Abdulmohsen Qahtani (80′), Aqeel Al Sahbi for Rayed Al-Ghamdi (80′), Sultan Farhan for Abdullah Majrashi (88′) and Mansour Al Harbi for Yahya Sunbul (89′).
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