Al Sadd prevails over Al Shamal 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Al Sadd was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The referee was Sultan Majed Al Sharshani with the assistance of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Hamad Mohd Al Ejji. The 4th official was Naser Aiysh Al Sawan.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Sadd was in firm control of the ball 64% while Al Shamal was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Shamal shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Al Sadd shot 22 times, 11 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Al Shamal received 2 yellow cards (A. Mitwali and A. Attwan). Regarding the opposition, Al Sadd didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Shamal will stay with 13 points to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Sadd will have 34 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Shamal will host Umm Salal on the 23rd of January with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Umm Salal (5 draws).
Al Sadd will host Al Arabi on the 22nd of January with a 23-8 head to head record in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Shamal – Formation
The manager Hicham Jadrane Chazouani decided to play with the following team: Marwan Badreldin, Abdel Aziz Mitwali, M. Nani, Khalaf Al Malki, Magid Mohamed, Mohammad Jeddo, Mohammed Al Jabri, J. de Nooijer, Amjad Attwan, Nasser Ibrahim and Muaaz Al Salemi.
The home team had on the bench: Mohsen Al Yazidi, Jassim Ali Al Hashemi, Yasin Yaqoob, Talal Mazeed, Ali Ahmad Al-Muhazaa, Zaid Aboulros, Sayed Ahmed, Mohamed Abdullah Tarkhan, Ibrahim Qassem, Fahad Waad, Ali Al Olwan and H. Dicko.
Substitutions
Al Shamal made 4 changes: M. Sayed for A. Olwan (67′), M. Al Salemi for M. Al Yazidi (68′), Majed Mohammed for F. Waad (75′) and K. Saad for J. A. Al Hashemi (82′).
Al Sadd – Formation
Javier Gracia Carlos played with: Saad Al Sheeb, Abdelkarim Hassan, Mosaab Khoder, Santi Cazorla, Guilherme, Ali Assadalla, Jung Woo-Young, Tarek Salman, Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef, Hassan Al Heidos and Akram Afif.
They had on the bench: Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, Yousef Baliadeh, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Mohamed Naceur Almanai, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Faisal Mohamed Azadi, Mostafa Mashaal, Jehad Mohammad Hudib and Ahmad Al Saeed.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 5 changes: Y. Youssef Abdel Razaq for R. Tabata (52′), Jung Woo-Young for M. Mashaal (75′), M. Khoder for A. Al Yazidi (83′), A. Assadalla for M. N. Almanai (84′) and H. Al Haydos for A. M. Al-Saeed (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.