DOHA. Al Arabi managed to reverse the scoreline against Al Wakrah to win 2-1. It was Al Wakrah to strike first with a goal of Khalid Muneer at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 77′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam gave the win to Al Arabi in the 88′ minute. Al Arabi was much superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Hamdi Fathi received a red card (78′). This red card was one of the reason why Al Wakrah lost the match.
The match was played at the Grand Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Youssef Yaqoub Alsharshani with the support of Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Yousef Aref Al Shamari. The 4th official was Naser Aiysh Al Sawan. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.93 degrees Celsius or 78.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Arabi had a superior ball possession 61% while Al Wakrah was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Arabi was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Arabi won the match.
Al Arabi shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wakrah shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Arabi received 2 yellow cards (Mohamed Taabouni and Youssef Msakni ). Talking about the opposition, Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (Almahdi Ali, Khalid Muneer and Lucas Mendes).
Also, Al Wakrah didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Hamdi Fathi (Al Wakrah) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (78′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Arabi will have 9 points like Al Shamal and Al Ahli to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Al Wakrah will stay with 17 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
46'
88'
18'
Al Arabi started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Younes Ali Rahmati decided to play with the following team: Jasem Adel Al Hail , Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam , Simo Keddari , Abdou Diallo , Helal Mohammed , Marco Verratti , Ahmed Fathi , Ibrahim Nasser Kala , Abdullah Marafee , Youssef Msakni and Omar Al-Somah .
The home team had on the bench: Yousuf Muftah , Mohamed Sayyar, Abdulrahman Anad, Rafinha Alcântara , Mohamed Taabouni , Mohammed Alaa Eldin, Abdulla Al-Salati, Abdullah Murisi, Salem Reda Salem, Amir Hassan Katol and Rami Suhail Ali.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: Abdullah Marafee for Mohamed Taabouni (72′), Hazem Ahmed for Yousuf Muftah (76′) and Helal Mohammed for Rafinha Alcântara (46′).
Player of the match: Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam
The most impressive player for Al Arabi was Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam.
His rating is with 1 goal, 48 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9.
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
78'
Al Wakrah started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Bartolomé Márquez López played with: Saoud Mubarak , Trent Sainsbury , Almahdi Ali , Lucas Mendes , Hazem Ahmed , Hamdi Fathi , Ahmed Fadel , Khalid Muneer , Ayoub Assal , Gelson Dala and Mohamed Benyettou .
They had on the bench: Mohammed Al Bakri, Omar Salah Alosad , Rabh Boussafi, Omar Ali, Ibrahim Elsadig, Mohamed Khaled, Nasser Al Yazidi, Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud, Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib, Nabil Irfan and Omair Abdulla Al-Sayed.
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 3 changes: Khalid Muneer for Rabh Boussafi (90′), Abdullah Marafee for Omar Salah Alosad (70′) and Gelson Dala for Nabil Irfan (84′).
Player of the match: Khalid Muneer
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wakrah was Khalid Muneer.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.
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
