Al Duhail prevails over Al Gharafa 4-2.
The referee was Meshari Al shammari who had the assistance of Zahy Al Shmari and Abdulmajeed Hussain Al-Karbi. The 4th official was Gamal Husain Omar.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 17 Total 13
- 5 On Target 8
- 12 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 108 Attack 87
- 48 Dangerous attack 41
- 78 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Al Gharafa was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Al Duhail that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Gharafa was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Al Duhail succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Al Gharafa shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Al Duhail shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 6 yellow cards (S. Hanni, A. A. Saei, S. Fadlalla, A. Alganehi, and Y. Hassan). Regarding the opposition, Al Duhail received 3 yellow cards (M. K. Al-Naemi, Luiz and M. Olunga).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Gharafa will stay with 23 points like Al Arabi to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Al Duhail will have 32 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will play away with Umm Salal on the 18th of January with a 21-6 head to head record in favor of Al Gharafa (7 draws).
Al Duhail will play away agasint Al Sailiya on the 17th of January with a 17-2 head to head record in favor of Al Duhail (3 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
90'
69'
81'
The manager Andrea Stramaccioni decided to play with the following team: Yousef Hassan, Almahdi Ali, Homam Ahmed, S. Hanni, Gabriel, Saeed Alhaj, Othman Alawi, Abdollah Ali Saei, Ahmed Mohamed Al Ganehi, Saifeldeen Fadlalla and C. Diabaté.
The home team had on the bench: Nasser Al Ahrak, Youssef Hassan, Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali, Mohammad Ismail Abu Shanab, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Mohammed Al Musalami, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Jassim Al-Zarra and Abdalla Yousif.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made only 1 change substituting S. A. Essa for A. Ali Surag (81′).
Al Duhail – Formation
Al Duhail
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro played with: Salah Zakaria Moussa, T. Alderweireld, Mohamed Al Nuaimi, Nam Tae-Hee, Luiz Ceará, Edmilson Junior, Assim Madibo, Bassam Hisham, Ali Hassan Afif, M. Olunga and Almoez Ali.
These were the players on the bench: Abdullah Abdulsalam, Shehab Ellethy, Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan, F. Sassi, Sultan Al-Braik, Rabh Boussafi, Mubarak Shanan Hamza, Mohammed Muntari and Lotfi Madjer.
Substitutions
Al Duhail made 4 changes: A. O. Madibo for F. Sassi (61′), Nam Tae-Hee for A. Alahrak (75′), M. Olunga for M. Muntari (89′) and A. Almoez for R. Boussafi (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Gharafa – Al Duhail – 2-4
- Al Sailiya – Al Arabi – 0-1
- Al Wakrah – Al Khor – 4-1
