Qatar SC overcame Al Arabi to win 2-1. A goal from A. Diomande was decisive in the 90min. It was Qatar SC to strike first with an early goal of S. Soria at the 2′. Then A. Okputu scored again for Qatar SC in the 83′ minute. Eventually, A. Diomande reduced the distance for Al Arabi (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The referee was Salman Ahmad Flahi who had the assistance of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Arabi was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Qatar SC that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Qatar SC found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Al Arabi shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Qatar SC shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Al Arabi received 5 yellow cards (A. Fathi, J. Abdulsallam, F. Esmaeili, A. Diomande and Y. Muftah). Talking about the opposition, Qatar SC received 2 yellow cards (Y. Aymen and J. Martinez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Arabi will stay with 23 points like Al Gharafa to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Qatar SC will have 16 points like Al Ahli to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Arabi will play away with Al Sadd on the 22nd of January with a 23-8 head to head stats in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Qatar SC will host Al Gharafa on the 23rd of January with a 13-12 head to head in favor of Qatar SC (10 draws).
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
90'
77'
90'The manager Younes Ali Rahmati decided to play with the following team: Sataa Abdul Al Abbasi, Yousuf Muftah, Jassem Abdulsallam, A. Gunnarsson, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, F. Esmaeili, Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa, Ahmed Suhail, Abdulaziz Al Ansari and Abdulqadir Ilyas.
The home team had on the bench: Fahad Obaid, Abdulrahman Anad, Rami Suhali Ali, El Hashmi El Hussain, Mahmud Abunada, Abdullah Murisi, A. Diomande, Ibrahim Nasser Kala and Mohamed Sayyar.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 4 changes: M. Abdelrahman for A. Diomande (46′), A. Al Ansari for A. Murisi (66′), A. Marafee for I. Kala (77′) and A. Fathi for R. S. Ali (83′).
Qatar SC – Formation
Qatar SC
Youssef Safri played with: Jasem Adel Al Hail, Mohamed Al Rabiei, Khalid Mahmoudi, Javi Martínez, Bashar Rasan, Omar Al Emadi, Yousef Ayman, Bahaa Ellithi, Sebastián Soria, A. Okpotu and Eisa Palangi.
They had on the bench: Ahmed Al Saadi, Salmin Atiq, Youssef Mohamed Ali, Jassim Mohammed, Abdulaziz Adel, Motasem Al Bustami, Abdulrahman Al-Jassem, Moataz Bostami, Khaled Mansour, Hamdi Adam, Husam Hassunin El Said and Nasir Baksh.
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 4 changes: E. Palangi for K. Mansour (64′), S. Soria for M. Bostami (82′), Y. Aymen for Hassan Hassunin El Said (90′) and A. Okputu for A. Al-Jassem (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
