Al Wakrah tops Al Ahli 3-1. Al Wakrah was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with K. M. Mazeed (43′), M. Benyettou (57′) and D. Gelson (60′). Al Ahli reduced the distance with a goal (73′) by J. Pozo, but there was not much to do for them. Al Wakrah capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The referee was Youssef Yaqoub Alsharshani with the help of Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Zahy Al Shmari. The 4th official was Khalid Abdulla Nabet.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wakrah was in firm control of the ball 60% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wakrah was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Wakrah won the match.
Al Ahli shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wakrah shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli received 1 yellow card (H. Kanaani). On the other side, Al Wakrah received 2 yellow cards (O. Ebrahimi and H. Shehata).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ahli will stay with 16 points like Qatar SC to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Al Wakrah will have 25 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ahli will play away with Al Rayyan on the 23rd of January with a 20-4 head to head stats in favor of Al Rayyan (3 draws).
Al Wakrah will play away agasint Al Duhail on the 22nd of January with a 11-4 head to head stats in favor of Al Duhail (4 draws).
Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli
83'
81'
73'
The manager Nebojša Jovović decided to play with the following team: Yazan Naim, Ibrahim Majid, H. Kanani, S. Bouftini, Sandro Manoel, José Ángel Pozo, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Abdulrasheed Umaru, Jassem Al Sharshani, Yazan Al Naimat and Abdulla Issa Al-Salati.
The home team had on the bench: Omar Adam Ghali, Mouz Gadelseed Abdalla, Al Doukali Al Sayed, Nasser Saleh, Talal Abdulla Bahzad, Ivanildo, Fahad Al-Keldi, Hassan Palang, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq and Saleh Al Yazidi.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 4 changes: A. Umaru for A. Al Seyed (65′), J. Al Sharshani for H. Palang (66′), Y. A. Alnaimat for S. Al Yazidi (83′) and A. Al-Salati for N. Saleh (83′).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
Bartolomé Márquez López played with: Saoud Mubarak, Lucas Mendes, Murad Naji Hussein, Ahmed Fadel, O. Ebrahimi, Muneer Abdulghani Mazeed, Hazem Shehata, M. Benyettou, Gelson Dala, Khalid Muneer Mazeed and Mohammed Emad Aiash.
These were the players on the bench: Sauoud Ebrahim, Khald Youssef Shurrab, Nasser Al Yazidi, Nabil Irfan, Yaseen Abdallah Lafrid, Mohamed Saeed, Ismail Mahmoud, Saleh Halabi, Abdallah Hussein Al Muftah and Omar Ali.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 4 changes: D. Gelson for N. Irfan (80′), K. M. Mazeed for Sauoud Ebrahim (83′), A. Mazeed for O. Ali (83′) and A. Fadel for A. Al Muftah (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
