DOHA. Al Arabi prevails over Al Sadd 1-0 after R. Alcântara scored just 1 goal (31′). Al Sadd was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim with the support of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Zahy Al Shmari. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.07 degrees Celsius or 77.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Sadd was in firm control of the ball 62% while Al Arabi was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Al Arabi succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Al Sadd shot 19 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Arabi shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd received 4 yellow cards (Mohammed Waad, Mateus Uribe, Paulo Otávio and Mohammad Amin Hazbavi). On the other side, Al Arabi received 3 yellow cards (Abdullah Marafee, Ibrahim Nasser Kala and Marco Verratti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Sadd stays with 28 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi will has 16 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will play away with Umm Salal on the 9th of August with a 22-9 head to head in favor of Al Sadd (7 draws).
Al Arabi will play away against Al Shamal on the 20th of December with a 13-1 head to head in favor of Al Arabi (4 draws).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
90'
84'
Al Sadd started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid decided to play with the following team: Meshaal Barsham , Pedro Miguel , Mohammad Amin Hazbavi , Tarek Salman , Paulo Otávio , Mateus Uribe , Mustafa Mashaal , Gonzalo Plata , Mohammed Waad , Akram Afif and Baghdad Bounedjah .
The home team had on the bench: Saad Al Sheeb, Ali Asad, Yusuf Abdurisag , Hasan Al-Haydos , Ilyes Housni, Boualem Khoukhi, Guilherme , Hashim Ali , Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed, Yousef Abdullah Balideh, Ahmed Suhail and Musaab Khidir.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 4 changes: Mateus Uribe for Guilherme (46′), Mustafa Mashaal for Hashim Ali (46′), Pedro Miguel for Yusuf Abdurisag (84′) and Mohammed Waad for Hasan Al-Haydos (72′).
Player of the match: Akram Afif
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Sadd was Akram Afif.
His rating is with 56 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
31'
Al Arabi started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Jasem Adel Al Hail , Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam , Simo Keddari , Abdou Diallo , Helal Mohammed , Abdullah Marafee , Ahmed Fathi , Marco Verratti , Mohamed Taabouni , Rafinha Alcântara and Omar Al-Somah .
These were the players on the bench: Yousuf Muftah , Mohamed Sayyar, Abdulrahman Anad, Mohammed Alaa Eldin, Ibrahim Nasser Kala , Abdullah Murisi, Ahmed Moein, Hassan Mohamad, Amir Hassan Katol and Rami Suhail Ali.
Al Arabi could not rely on the presence of Abdulrahman Anad (injured).
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: Mohamed Taabouni for Ibrahim Nasser Kala (60′), Rafinha Alcântara for Yousuf Muftah (86′) and Helal Mohammed for Abdulrahman Anad (90′).
Player of the match: Rafinha Alcântara
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Arabi was Rafinha Alcântara.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
