Al Ahli beats Qatar SC 1-0 after A. Umaru scored just 1 goal (57′). Qatar SC lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The referee was Saoud Al Athbah with the assistance of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Abdulmajeed Hussain Al-Karbi. The 4th official was Buhindi Abdulaziz Ibrahim.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Qatar SC was in firm control of the ball 58% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Qatar SC was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Al Ahli was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Al Ahli shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Qatar SC shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli received 1 yellow card (A. F. Shhosseini). On the other side, Qatar SC received 2 yellow cards (K. Mahmoudi and M. S. Al Rabeiee).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Ahli will have 12 points like Qatar SC and Al Rayyan to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Qatar SC will stay with 12 points like Al Rayyan and Al Ahli to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ahli will play away with Al Gharafa on the 7th of January with a 16-7 head to head record in favor of Al Gharafa (5 draws).
Qatar SC will play away agasint Al Sadd on the 7th of January with a 21-8 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Ahli – Formation
The manager Nebojša Jovović decided to play with the following team: Yazan Naim, H. Kanani, S. Bouftini, Ali Qadry, Abdulrasheed Umaru, Jassem Al Sharshani, Ali Farydoon, P. Eze, Yazan Al Naimat, Abdalaziz Al Hasia and Abdulla Issa Al-Salati.
The home team had on the bench: Talal Abdulla Bahzad, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Ivanildo, Al Doukali Al Sayed, Hassan Palang, Mouz Gadelseed Abdalla, Omar Adam Ghali, Mohamad Abdulnaser Alabbasi, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Fahad Al-Keldi and Saleh Al Yazidi.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 2 changes: A. Al Sulaiti for A. Al Harazi (89′) and Y. Naim for A. Al Seyed (90′).
Qatar SC – Formation
Youssef Safri played with: Jasem Adel Al Hail, D. Benlamri, Mohamed Al Rabiei, Khalid Mahmoudi, Javi Martínez, Bashar Rasan, Moataz Bostami, Abdulrahman Al-Jassem, Sebastián Soria, Husam Hassunin El Said and Eisa Palangi.
They had on the bench: Salmin Atiq, I. Mbenza, Ahmad Al-Khuwailid, Bahaa Ellithi, Ahmed Al Saadi, Yousef Ayman, A. Okpotu, Motasem Al Bustami, Youssef Mohamed Ali, Khaled Mansour and Jassim Mohammed.
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 3 changes: A. Al-Jassem for I. Mbenza (67′), S. Soria for A. Okputu (68′) and E. Palangi for K. Mansour (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Ahli – Qatar SC – 1-0
- Al Sailiya – Al Sadd – 0-2
- Al Shamal – Al Gharafa – 2-3