DOHA. Al Gharafa defeated Umm Salal to win 2-1. A goal from F. Sassi was decisive in the 89min. It was Al Gharafa to strike first with a goal of Farid Boulaya at the 40′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ferjani Sassi gave the win to Al Gharafa in the 89′ minute with a goal. Al Gharafa was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.84 degrees Celsius or 78.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 8 Total 18
- 3 On Target 8
- 4 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 81 Attack 95
- 36 Dangerous attack 70
- 77 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 5 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Gharafa had a superior ball possession 67% while Umm Salal was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Gharafa was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Gharafa won the match.
Umm Salal shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Gharafa shot 18 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Umm Salal received 2 yellow cards (Adel Al Sulimane and Oussama Tannane). On the other side, Al Gharafa received 2 yellow cards (Amro Abdelfatah Surag and Dame Traore).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Umm Salal will stay with 11 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Al Gharafa will have 22 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
Umm Salal – Formation
Umm Salal
88'
57'
90'
Umm Salal adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Patrice Carteron decided to play with the following team: Landing Badji , Husam Kamal Hassunin , Marouane Louadni , Naïm Laidouni , Ali Afif , Nasser Ibrahim , Adel Al Sulimane , Khaled Al Zereiqi , K. Gorré , Oussama Tannane and Andy Delort .
The home team had on the bench: Omar Yahya , Abdel Zaky, Hussain Al Hafi, Sayed Hassan Issa, Sami Habib, Khaled Mansour , Abdallah Khaled Sheikh, Saud Ibrahim Al Nasr, Meshaal Al Shammari , Abdulrahman Faiz Al Rashidi, Mohamed El Gendy and Elyas Barimil.
Substitutions
Umm Salal made 4 changes: Adel Al Sulimane for Meshaal Al Shammari (59′), Nasser Ibrahim for Khaled Mansour (59′), Ali Afif for Omar Yahya (88′) and Adel Al Sulimane for Elyas Barimil (90′).
Player of the match: Oussama Tannane
The most impressive player for Umm Salal was Oussama Tannane.
His rating is with 46 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
Also Al Gharafa adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Khalifa Ababacar , Abdalla Yousif , Dame Traore , Hyun Soo Jang , Homam Ahmed , Farid Boulaya , Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak , Ferjani Sassi , Amro Abdelfatah Surag , Yohan Boli and Ahmed Alaaeldin .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yousef Hassan, Abdullah Ali Saei, Othman Alawi, Hamed Kahiout, Youssef Houssam Hassan, Jassim Al Zarra , Yousef Saaed Ahmed, Ibrahim Tamer Khalid, Fabricio Díaz , Chalpan Abdulnasir, Seydou Sano and Saifeldeen Fadlalla.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 2 changes: Amro Abdelfatah Surag for Jassim Al Zarra (82′) and Ahmed Alaaeldin for Fabricio Díaz (90′).
Player of the match: Ferjani Sassi
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Gharafa was Ferjani Sassi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 84 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 18.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Umm Salal – Al Gharafa – 1-2
- Al Arabi – Al Wakrah – 2-1
- Al Mu’aidar – Al Rayyan – 0-0
