Al Duhail overcomes Al Arabi 2-0 after M. Olunga scores a double.

The referee was Khamis Al Marri with the help of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Faisal Eid Al Shammari. The 4th official was Buhindi Abdulaziz Ibrahim.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Al Arabi was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Al Duhail that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Duhail was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the contest.​

Al Arabi shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Duhail shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Al Arabi didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Al Duhail received 4 yellow cards (F. Sassi, A. Afif, A. O. Madibo and L. R. Madjer).

Standings

After this match, Al Arabi will stay with 20 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Duhail will have 29 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Arabi will play away against Al Sailiya on the 13th of January with a 14-11 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sailiya (7 draws).

Al Duhail will play away agasint Al Gharafa on the 13th of January with a 17-2 head to head record in favor of Al Duhail (5 draws).

Al Arabi – Formation

The manager Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro decided to play with the following team: Sataa Abdul Al Abbasi, Hamid Ismaeil, Yousuf Muftah, Jassem Abdulsallam, A. Gunnarsson, Mohamed Sayyar, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa, Ahmed Suhail and Abdulqadir Ilyas.

The home team had on the bench: Noureldin Ahmed, Abdulrahman Anad, Ibrahim Nasser Kala, Abdullah Murisi, Abdulaziz Al Ansari, Rami Suhali Ali, El Hashmi El Hussain, Fahad Al Abdulrahman and Louay Ashour.

Substitutions

Al Arabi made 4 changes: M. Sayyar for A. Al Ansari (59′), M. Abdelrahman for A. Murisi (71′), A. Marafee for A. Anad (87′) and J. Abdulsallam for R. S. Ali (87′).

Al Duhail – Formation

Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Salah Zakaria Moussa, T. Alderweireld, Sultan Al-Braik, Nam Tae-Hee, F. Sassi, Edmilson Junior, Mohammed Alaa Eldin, Assim Madibo, Ali Hassan Afif, M. Olunga and Almoez Ali.

They had on the bench: Rabh Boussafi, Shehab Ellethy, Abdullah Abdulsalam and Lotfi Madjer.

Substitutions

Al Duhail made 3 changes: Mohamed Al Aaeldin for R. Boussafi (69′), Nam Tae-Hee for A. Alahrak (74′) and M. Olunga for L. R. Madjer (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Al Duhail – Al Arabi – 2-0
• Al Khor – Umm Salal – 1-1