DOHA. Al Duhail had a spectacular comeback against Al Rayyan. Al Duhail was much superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Meshari Al Shammari who was helped by Taleb Salem Al Marri and Khalid Ayed Khalaf. The 4th official was Moatasem Ahmed Al Mazyed. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.45 degrees Celsius or 88.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Duhail had a superior ball possession 66% while Al Rayyan was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Duhail was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the match.
Al Duhail shot 22 times, 8 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Al Rayyan shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Duhail received 5 yellow cards (Almoez Ali, Salah Zakaria, Christophe Galtier, Youssef Ayman and Assim Madibo). Regarding the opposition, Al Rayyan received 3 yellow cards (Rodrigo Tabata, Thiago Mendes and André Amaro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Duhail will have 16 points like Al Gharafa to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Al Rayyan will stay with 15 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
Al Duhail – Formation
Al Duhail
90'
83'
59'
Al Duhail adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria , Moon-hwan Kim , Rúben Semedo , Youssef Ayman , Sultan Al Braik , Assim Madibo , Karim Boudiaf , Ismael Mohammed , Philippe Coutinho , Almoez Ali and Michael Olunga .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Musa , Mohammed Khalid, Khaled Mohammed, Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim, Abdelrahman Moustafa , Isaac Lihadji, Ibrahima Bamba , Suhaib Gannan , Mohammed Muntari and Shehab Ellethy.
Al Duhail could not rely on the presence of Ibrahima Bamba (injured) and Abdelrahman Moustafa (injured).
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 5 changes: Karim Boudiaf for Ibrahima Bamba (42′), Sultan Al Braik for Mohammed Musa (83′), Philippe Coutinho for Suhaib Gannan (83′), Ismael Mohammed for Abdelrahman Mohamed Moustafa (83′) and Michael Olunga for Mohammed Al Naimi (90′).
Best player: Michael Olunga
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Duhail was Michael Olunga.
His rating is with 2 goals, 30 passes (70% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Al Rayyan – Formation
Al Rayyan
Also Al Rayyan adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim played with: Fahad Younis , Bassam Al Rawi , André Amaro , Shogo Taniguchi , Abdulla Al Ali , Thiago Mendes , Abdulaziz Hatem , Achraf Bencharki , Osamah Al Tairi , Róger Guedes and Rodrigo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rodrigo Tabata , Naif Al Hadhrami, Ahmed Alrawi, Gabriel Pereira , Tameem Al Abdullah, Khalid Ali Sabah, Saud Al Hajiri, Khaled Muftah , Mostafa Osama Abouelela, Hassan Mohammed Alghareeb, Fahad Al Qesaimi and Moameen Mutasem.
Al Rayyan could not rely on the presence of Khaled Muftah (injured).
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 3 changes: Osamah Al Tairi for Gabriel Pereira (69′), Achraf Bencharki for Rodrigo Tabata (83′) and Abdulla Al Ali for Khaled Muftah (73′).
Best player: Róger Guedes
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Rayyan was Róger Guedes.
His rating is with 2 goals, 22 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Sadd – Al Markhiya – 5-0
- Al Mu’aidar – Umm Salal – 1-3
- Al Duhail – Al Rayyan – 3-2
