BURAYDAH. Al Raed prevails over Al Wahda with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by M. Fouzair (44′) and a goal from A. Saâyoud (68′). Al Wahda lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Al Okairy with the assistance of Saeed Al-Mahdi and . The 4th official was Fareeh Al Jaloud. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.55 degrees Celsius or 72.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wahda had a superior ball possession 56% while Al Raed was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Raed was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Raed won the match.
Al Raed shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda shot 10 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 2 yellow cards (Mohammed Alsubaie and Mohamed Fouzair). On the other side, Al Wahda received 2 yellow cards (Anselmo and O. Ighalo).
Also, Al Wahda didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Islam Hawsawi (Al Wahda) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (27′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Al Raed will have 12 points to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda will stay with 19 points like Al Feiha to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will play away against Dhamk on the 26th of May with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Wahda will host Al Hilal on the 26th of May with a 21-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Hilal (5 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed
84'
45'
44'
Al Raed adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Igor Jovičević decided to play with the following team: André Moreira , Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh , Mamadou Loum , Oumar Gonzalez , Hamad Al Jayzani , Mohammed Alsubaie , Mohamed Fouzair , Mathias Normann , Abdullah Al Yousif , Amir Saâyoud and Karim El Berkaoui .
The home team had on the bench: Bander Whaeshi , Abdullah Magrshi, Júlio Tavares , Naif Hazzazi , Abdullah Al-Fahad, Rakan Aldosari, Ahmad Al Harbi and Firas Al-Ghamdi.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 3 changes: Karim El Berkaoui for Naif Hazzazi (87′), Amir Saâyoud for Júlio Tavares (70′) and Hamad Al Jayzani for Bander Whaeshi (84′).
Player of the match: Amir Saâyoud
The most impressive player for Al Raed was Amir Saâyoud.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Al Wahda – Formation
Al-Wehda
27'
Also Al Wahda adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Giorgios Donis played with: Munir , Saeed Al Muwallad , J. El Yamiq , Ó. Duarte , Islam Hawsawi , Abdulaziz Noor , Anselmo , Waleed Bakshwn , F. Fajr , Craig Goodwin and O. Ighalo .
They had on the bench: Abdulelah Al Bukhari , Sultan Al Akouz, Abdulquddus Atiah, Abdullah Al Hafith , Jaber Nasser Asiri , Ali Makki, Hussain Al Eisa , Yousef Saad Al Harbi and Ala Al Hajji.
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 4 changes: Abdulaziz Noor for Abdullah Al Hafith (36′), Waleed Bakshwn for Abdulelah Al Bukhari (46′), Ó. Duarte for Hussain Al Eisa (46′) and Craig Goodwin for Jaber Nasser Asiri (88′).
Player of the match: F. Fajr
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wahda was F. Fajr.
His rating is with 59 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 15 crosses.
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
