AD DAMMAM. Al Taawon overcomes Al Ittifaq with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by A. El (41′) and a goal from Mateus (63′). Al Taawon capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Ad Dammam stadium in Ad Dammam on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Shukri Al Hanfosh with the support of Mohammed Ahmed Wazi and Balegh Alramadhan. The 4th official was Sultan Al Okairy. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.75 degrees Celsius or 69.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Taawon had a superior ball possession 58% while Al Ittifaq was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Ittifaq had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Taawon managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Ittifaq shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Al Taawon shot 11 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Al Ittifaq received 1 yellow card (Mohammed Abdulrahamn Yousef). On the other side, Al Taawon received 1 yellow card (Joao Pedro).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Al Ittifaq stays with 24 points to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Taawon will has 34 points like Al Ahli to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittifaq will play away with Al Nassr on the 20th of December with a 15-10 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (10 draws).

Al Taawon will host Al Fateh on the 20th of December with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Al Fateh (9 draws).

Al Ittifaq – Formation

Al Ittifaq started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Paulo Victor (7.5), Jack Hendry (6.4), Marcel Tisserand (6.8), Abdullah Khateeb (7.0), Radhi Al Otaibi (6.7), Jordan Henderson (7.3), Ali Abdullah Hazazi (7.3), Hamdan Al-Shamrani (6.4), Robin Quaison (6.8), Moussa Dembélé (6.4) and Georginio Wijnaldum (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Dawsari, Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi (7.1), Hamed Alghamdi, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi (6.6), Meshal Alaeli, Mohammed Mater Mahzari (6.7), Amin Al-Bukhari, Mohammed Abdulrahamn Yousef (6.7) and Muhannad Yahya Saeed Al Saad.

Substitutions

Al Ittifaq made 4 changes: Moussa Dembélé for Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi (77′), Radhi Al Otaibi for Mohammed Abdulrahamn Yousef (71′), Ali Abdullah Hazazi for Mohammed Mater Mahzari (71′) and Hamdan Al-Shamrani for Ahmed Al-Ghamdi (46′).

Player of the match: Paulo Victor​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittifaq was the goalkeeper: Paulo Victor. His rating is 7.45. He performed 3 saves.

Al Taawon – Formation

Al Taawon started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca played with: Mailson (7.5), Aloyayari Abdulmalik (8.1), Andrei Girotto (7.3), Awn Al Saluli (7.5), Muath Muath (7.0), Flávio (7.1), Ashraf El Mahdioui (8.1), Álvaro Medrán (7.1), Mateus (7.8), Joao Pedro (7.5) and Musa Barrow (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Mohamed Al-Ghamdi (6.4), Sattam Al Roqi (6.4), Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq (6.7), Ahmed Ashraf, Nawaf Al-Rashwodi, Saleh Al Ohaymid, Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn (6.3), Iyad Luay Ali Madani and Abdulfattah Adam.

Substitutions

Al Taawon made 4 changes: Muath Muath for Mohamed Al-Ghamdi (87′), Mateus for Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn (83′), Flávio for Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq (87′) and Musa Barrow for Sattam Al Roqi (76′).

Player of the match: Aloyayari Abdulmalik​

The most impressive player for Al Taawon was Aloyayari Abdulmalik even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 68 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Al Riyadh – Al Khaleej – 0-1
• Al Ittifaq – Al Taawon – 0-2