DAMMAM. Al Ittifaq and Al Ittihad draw 1-1. G. Wijnaldum scored the first goal (41′) for Al Ittifaq. A. Hamdallah made it even (54′). Al Ittihad was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Dammam on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Tamás Bognár with the assistance of Balázs Buzás and Peter Kobor. The 4th official was Mamdouh Al Shahdan. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.08 degrees Celsius or 73.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 3 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 111 Attack 101
- 45 Dangerous attack 24
- 79 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 0 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Ittihad had a superior ball possession 56% while Al Ittifaq was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittifaq was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Al Ittifaq to win the match.
Al Ittifaq shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Ittihad shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Ittifaq didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad received 1 yellow card (Luiz Felipe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Ittifaq will have 23 points to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad will have 25 points like Al Taawon to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittifaq will host Al Wahda on the 24th of April with a 12-9 head to head in favor of Al Ittifaq (4 draws).
Al Ittihad will host Dhamk on the 22nd of May with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Al Ittihad (3 draws).
Al Ittifaq – Formation
Al Ettifaq
41'
Al Ittifaq started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Paulo Victor , Jack Hendry , Marcel Tisserand , Abdullah Khateeb , Mohammed Abdulrahamn Yousef , Jordan Henderson , Ali Abdullah Hazazi , Hamdan Al-Shamrani , Georginio Wijnaldum , Demarai Gray and Robin Quaison .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Dawsari, Saad Al-Mousa, Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi, Hamed Alghamdi, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Meshal Alaeli, Mohammed Mater Mahzari, Amin Al-Bukhari and Muhannad Yahya Saeed Al Saad.
Substitutions
Al Ittifaq decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Player of the match: Jordan Henderson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittifaq was Jordan Henderson.
His rating is with 62 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
73'
68'
Al Ittihad started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Hassan Khalifa played with: Marcelo Grohe , Swailem Al-Menhali , Luiz Felipe , Hassan Kadesh , Ahmed Bamasud , Muhannad Alshanqeeti , Fabinho , Faisal Al-Ghamdi , Igor Coronado , Karim Benzema and Abderrazak Hamdallah .
These were the players on the bench: Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Omar Hawsawi, Marwan Al Sahafi , Abdulrahman Alobud, Talal Abubakr Haji, Haroune Camara, Saleh Al-Amri and Osama Al-Mermesh.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 2 changes: Abderrazak Hamdallah for Marwan Al Sahafi (67′) and Swailem Al-Menhali for Saleh Al-Amri (68′).
Player of the match: Muhannad Alshanqeeti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittihad was Muhannad Alshanqeeti.
His rating is with 33 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Nassr – Al Akhdoud – 3-0
- Al Taawon – Al Riyadh – 1-2
- Al Ittifaq – Al Ittihad – 1-1
- Al Tai – Al Raed – 4-3
