DOHA. Al Rayyan conquers Al Ahli 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Rodrigo (4′), Róger Guedes (65′), Achraf Bencharki (69′) and Róger Guedes (85′). Al Rayyan capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al Athbah with the assistance of Yousef Aref Al Shamari and Faisal Eid Al Shammari. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.3 degrees Celsius or 77.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Rayyan had a strong ball possession 60% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Rayyan was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Rayyan won the match.
Al Ahli shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Rayyan shot 14 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli received 3 yellow cards (Sekou Oumar Yansane, Ali Qadry and Mohamed Aiash). Regarding the opposition, Al Rayyan received 2 yellow cards (Osamah Al Tairi and José Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim).
(Al Ahli) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (54′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ahli will stay with 9 points like Al Shamal to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Al Rayyan will have 19 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli
85'
10'
54'Al Ahli started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe decided to play with the following team: Marwan Badredlin , Jassem Mohammed , Danilo Arboleda , Robin Tihi , Mohamed Aiash , Idrissa Doumbia , Abdulrasheed Umaru , Sayed Al-Dokali , Ali Qadry , Sekou Oumar Yansane and Yazan Al Naimat .
The home team had on the bench: Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar , Talal Abdulla Bahzad, Ahmad Sebaie , Mohamed Lengliz, Eslam Abdelkader, Yaseen Lafrid, Jassem Al Sharshani , Navid Doozandeh , Yass Ali Jeera, Salam Elbadri Rahma and Mohammed Sami Al Abdulla.
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 4 changes: Sekou Oumar Yansane for Ahmad Sebaie (85′), Ali Qadry for Navid Doozandeh (69′), Sayed Al-Dokali for Jassem Al Sharshani (69′) and Mohamed Aiash for Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar (85′).
Player of the match: Yazan Al Naimat
The most impressive player for Al Ahli was Yazan Al Naimat.
His rating is with 16 passes (50% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Al Rayyan – Formation
Al Rayyan
4'
Al Rayyan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim played with: Fahad Younes , Bassam Al-Rawi , André Amaro , Shogo Taniguchi , Khaled Muftah , Abdulaziz Hatem , Naif Al Hadhrami , Achraf Bencharki , Osamah Al Tairi , Rodrigo and Róger Guedes .
These were the players on the bench: Rodrigo Tabata, Ahmed Al-Rawi, Gabriel Pereira , Mohamed Surag, Tameem Mansour Al-Abdullah, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Abdulla Al Ali , Khalid Ali Sabah , Saud Al Hajiri, Thiago Mendes , Mostafa Osama Abouelela, Moameen Mutasem and Ahmed Al Minhali.
Al Rayyan could not rely on the presence of Thiago Mendes (injured).
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 4 changes: Osamah Al Tairi for Gabriel Pereira (63′), Naif Al Hadhrami for Thiago Mendes (80′), Achraf Bencharki for Khalid Ali Sabah (84′) and André Amaro for Abdulla Al Ali (84′).
Player of the match: Róger Guedes
The most impressive player for Al Rayyan was Róger Guedes.
His rating is with 2 goals, 33 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Gharafa – Al Wakrah – 1-1
- Qatar SC – Al Mu’aidar – 3-2
- Al Ahli – Al Rayyan – 0-4
