DUBAYY. Al Taawon managed to find the solution against Al Shabab to win 2-1. J. Pedro was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Shabab to strike first with a penalty of Yannick Carrasco at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Joao Pedro gave the win to Al Taawon in the 62′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Shabab Al Ahli Stadium stadium in Dubayy on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos who was helped by Polychronis Kostaras and Lazaros Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Abdulrahman Al Sultan. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 26.02 degrees Celsius or 78.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 11 Total 18
- 2 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 11
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 78 Attack 109
- 39 Dangerous attack 81
- 69 Ball safe 68
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 9
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Al Shabab was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Al Taawon that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Taawon was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Taawon won the contest.
Al Shabab shot 11 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Taawon shot 18 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Al Shabab received 1 yellow card (Gustavo Cuéllar). On the opposite side, Al Taawon received 2 yellow cards (Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn and Joao Pedro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Shabab will stay with 16 points like Al Riyadh to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Al Taawon will have 28 points like Al Ittihad to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Shabab will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 8th of May with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Al Shabab (12 draws).
Al Taawon will play away agasint Dhamk on the 1st of May with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Al Taawon (3 draws).
Al Shabab – Formation
Al Shabab
56'
66'
33'
Al Shabab started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Igor Bišćan decided to play with the following team: Seung-gyu Kim , Fawaz Al-Sagour , Iago Santos , Nader Abdullah Al Sharari , Hamad Al Yami , Gustavo Cuéllar , Husain Al-Monassar , Carlos Junior , Éver Banega , Yannick Carrasco and Abdullah Radif .
The home team had on the bench: Fahad Al-Muwallad , Hattan Bahebri , Majed Omar Kanabah , Hussain Al-Sibyani, Mohammed Issa, Habib Diallo , Nawaf Alsadi, Fawaz Al Qarni and Riyadh Sharahili.
Substitutions
Al Shabab made 4 changes: Éver Banega for Hattan Bahebri (66′), Abdullah Radif for Fahad Al-Muwallad (66′), Carlos Junior for Habib Diallo (75′) and Husain Al-Monassar for Majed Omar Kanabah (75′).
Player of the match: Yannick Carrasco
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Shabab was Yannick Carrasco.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.
Al Taawon – Formation
Al Taawoun
Al Taawon started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca played with: Mailson , Aloyayari Abdulmalik , Awn Al Saluli , Andrei Girotto , Muath Muath , Flávio , Ashraf El Mahdioui , Álvaro Medrán , Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn , Musa Barrow and Joao Pedro .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Al-Ghamdi , Sattam Al Roqi , Abdulmalek Al-Shammary, Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq, Ahmed Ashraf, Nawaf Al-Rashwodi, Mohammed Aldhulayfi, Iyad Luay Ali Madani and Rakan Rajeh Altulayhi.
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 2 changes: Musa Barrow for Mohamed Al-Ghamdi (88′) and Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn for Sattam Al Roqi (82′).
Player of the match: Joao Pedro
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Taawon was Joao Pedro.
His rating is with 2 goals, 21 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Raed – Al Wahda – 2-0
- Al Shabab – Al Taawon – 1-2
- Al Akhdoud – Al Ittifaq – 1-0
- Al Fateh – Al Tai – 0-1
