DOHA. Al Wakrah conquers Qatar SC 1-0 after H. Fathi scored just 1 goal (37′). Al Wakrah made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).
Badr Benoun missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Qatar SC to draw the match.
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.29 degrees Celsius or 88.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wakrah had a strong ball possession 56% while Qatar SC was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Qatar SC had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Al Wakrah was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Wakrah shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Qatar SC shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (Hamdi Fathi, Khalid Muneer and Bartolomé Márquez López). Talking about the opposition, Qatar SC didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Wakrah will have 17 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Qatar SC will stay with 8 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
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90'
37'
Al Wakrah started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bartolomé Márquez López decided to play with the following team: Saoud Mubarak , Trent Sainsbury , Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib , Lucas Mendes , Hazem Shehata , Hamdi Fathi , Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud , Khalid Muneer , Ayoub Assal , Gelson Dala and Mohamed Benyettou .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Bakri, Ahmed Fadel , Rabh Boussafi , Omar Ali, Ibrahim Elsadig, Mohamed Khaled, Nasser Al Yazidi, Fayiz Marwan Al Farsi, Yousef Mohammed Ramadan and Nabil Irfan .
Al Wakrah could not rely on the presence of Rabh Boussafi (injured) and Nabil Irfan (injured).
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 3 changes: Khalid Muneer for Rabh Boussafi (61′), Gelson Dala for Ahmed Fadel (78′) and Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib for Nabil Irfan (71′).
Best player: Lucas Mendes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wakrah was Lucas Mendes even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 9.
Qatar SC – Formation
Qatar SC
Qatar SC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa played with: Motasem Al-Bustami , Ali Karami , Badr Benoun , Ibrahim Majid , Eisa Palangi , Javi Martínez , Bruno Tabata , Raoul Danzabe Sanda , Youssef Mohamed Ali , Bashar Resan and Ben Malango .
They had on the bench: Mohamed Al-Rabiei, Ali Awad , Nasir Baksh, Moataz Bostami, Abdallah Al-Muftah, Abdulrahman Al-Korbi , Khalid Mahmoudi, Jassim Al-Jalabi, Sebastián Soria , Adnan Saleh and Ahmed Al-Saadi.
Qatar SC could not rely on the presence of Abdulrahman Al-Korbi (injured).
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 3 changes: Youssef Mohamed Ali for Abdulrahman Al-Korbi (63′), Ali Karami for Ali Awad (83′) and Bashar Resan for Sebastián Soria (83′).
Best player: Bruno Tabata
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Qatar SC was Bruno Tabata.
His rating is with 53 passes (68% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
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