Al Wakrah beat Al Arabi to win 2-1. A goal from A. Ilyas was decisive in the 90min. It was Al Wakrah to strike first with an early goal of D. Gelson at the 7′. Then M. Benyettou scored again for Al Wakrah in the 9′ minute. Eventually, A. Ilyas reduced the distance for Al Arabi (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The referee was Abdullah Al Athbah with the collaboration of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Zahy Al Shmari. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Obedly.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Arabi was in firm control of the ball 55% while Al Wakrah was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Wakrah was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Al Arabi shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Wakrah shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Arabi received 3 yellow cards (A. Murisi, A. Suhail and F. Al-Abdulrahman). Regarding the opposition, Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (A. Fadel, K. M. Mazeed and N. Irfan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Arabi will stay with 20 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Wakrah will have 19 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Arabi will play away with Al Duhail on the 8th of January with a 16-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Duhail (5 draws).
Al Wakrah will play away agasint Al Rayyan on the 8th of January with a 20-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Rayyan (4 draws).
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
34'
80'
90'
The manager Younes Ali Rahmati decided to play with the following team: Sataa Abdul Al Abbasi, Hamid Ismaeil, Yousuf Muftah, Fahad Al Abdulrahman, Jassem Abdulsallam, A. Gunnarsson, Mohamed Sayyar, Ahmed Fathy, Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa, Ahmed Suhail and Abdulqadir Ilyas.
The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Hamadato, Abdullah Murisi, Abdulrahman Elsadig, Noureldin Ahmed, Abdullahi Sharif, Louay Ashour, Hassan Mohamad, Abdulrahman Anad, El Hashmi El Hussain, Abdullah Hissein and Rami Suhali Ali.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: Hamid Ismaeil for R. S. Ali (34′), J. Abdulsallam for A. Murisi (34′) and A. Gunnarsson for A. Anad (84′).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
Bartolomé Márquez López played with: Saoud Mubarak, O. Coulibaly, Ahmed Fadel, Nabil Irfan, Hazem Shehata, Sauoud Ebrahim, M. Benyettou, Gelson Dala, Khalid Muneer Mazeed, Khald Youssef Shurrab and Mohammed Emad Aiash.
These were the players on the bench: Saleh Halabi, Abdulrahman Mohamed Mohamed, Yousef Ahmed, Mohamed Saeed, Nasser Al Yazidi, Muneer Abdulghani Mazeed, Mohamed Daher, Ismail Mahmoud and E. Essien.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 3 changes: H. Shehata for N. Al Yazidi (63′), M. Benyettou for I. Mahmoud (77′) and K. M. Mazeed for Y. Ahmed (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
