Al Gharafa recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Qatar SC 2-1

DOHA. Al Gharafa succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Qatar SC to win 2-1.

By
John Ross
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Al Gharafa recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Qatar SC 2-1

DOHA. Al Gharafa was capable to reverse the scoreline against Qatar SC to win 2-1. It was Qatar SC to strike first with an early goal of Ben Malango at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 49′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Yacine Brahimi gave the win to Al Gharafa in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Al Gharafa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Grand Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Al Shammari with the collaboration of and Yousef Aref Al Shamari. The 4th official was Naser Ayesh. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.49 degrees Celsius or 74.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Al Gharafa

2 - 1

Team 1

Qatar SC

  • ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
  • 22 Total 6
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 10 Off Target 3
  • 6 Shots blocked 2
  • 140 Attack 88
  • 87 Dangerous attack 34
  • 97 Ball safe 91
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 4
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 6 Total 16
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Al Gharafa had a strong ball possession 68% while Qatar SC was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Gharafa was putting more pressure with 87 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Gharafa won the match​.

Al Gharafa shot 22 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Qatar SC shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Al Gharafa received 1 yellow card (Ahmed Alganehi). Talking about the opposition, Qatar SC didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

6'
Ben Malango(goal)
Ahmed Al-Ganehi(goal)Abdalla Yousif
49'
59'
Raoul Danzabe Sanda - sub ->Youssef Mohamed Ali
Ahmed Alaaeldin- sub ->Yohan Boli
71'
74'
Ali Awad- sub ->Bashar Resan
74'
Khalid Mahmoudi- sub ->Eisa Palangi
Nasser Al Ahrak- sub ->Fabricio Díaz
82'
Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag- sub ->Farid Boulaya
82'
89'
Nasir Baksh- sub ->Ali Karami
89'
Sebastián Soria- sub ->Ben Malango
Othman Alawi- sub ->Abdalla Yousif
90'
Y. Brahimi(penalty)
90'
Ahmed Al-Ganehi- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Al Sadd
49
22
Al Rayyan
47
22
Al Gharafa
44
22
Al Wakrah
38
22
Al Arabi
29
22
Al Duhail
28
22
Umm Salal
28
22
Qatar SC
25
22
Al Shamal
25
22
Al Ahli
23
22
Al Markhiya
18
22
Al Mu\'aidar
14
22

After this encounter, Al Gharafa has 27 points like Al Wakrah to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Qatar SC will stays with 12 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Qatar SC will host Al Markhiya on the 9th of August with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Qatar SC (1 draw).

Al Gharafa – Formation

Al Gharafa
G
Khalifa Ababacar 18.Qatar
6.6
D
Abdalla Yousif 2.Qatar
6.8
90'
D
Jang Hyun-Soo 20.South Korea
7.0
D
Homam Ahmed 24.Qatar
7.1
D
S. Sano 42.Senegal
8.1
M
Y. Brahimi 8.Algeria
7.9
Goals90'
M
Ahmed Al-Ganehi 9.Qatar
7.8
90' Goals49'
M
F. Boulaya 10.Algeria
7.0
82'
M
Yohan Boli 22.Ivory Coast
7.3
71'
M
F. Díaz 29.Uruguay
7.3
82'
M
Ferjani Sassi 31.Tunisia
7.3
Substitutes
G
Hamad Kahiout 12.Qatar
G
Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali 95.Qatar
D
Youssef Hassan 16.Qatar
D
Chalpan Abdulnasir 33.Qatar
M
Nasser Al Ahrak 4.Qatar
6.3
82'
M
Abdollah Ali Saei 6.Qatar
M
Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag 7.Qatar
6.7
82'
M
Othman Alawi 11.Qatar
6.4
90'
M
Jassim Al Zarra 17.Qatar
M
Ibrahim Khalid 25.Qatar
F
Ahmed Alaaeldin 13.Qatar
7.0
71'

Al Gharafa adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Khalifa Ababacar (6.6), Abdalla Yousif (6.8), Hyun Soo Jang (7.0), Seydou Sano (8.1), Homam Ahmed (7.1), Fabricio Díaz (7.3), Ahmed Alganehi (7.8), Ferjani Sassi (7.3), Farid Boulaya (7.0), Yacine Brahimi (7.9) and Yohan Boli (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak (6.3), Abdullah Ali Saei, Amro Abdelfatah Surag (6.7), Othman Alawi (6.4), Hamed Kahiout, Ahmed Alaaeldin (7.0), Youssef Houssam Hassan, Jassim Al Zarra, Ibrahim Tamer Khalid, Chalpan Abdulnasir and Abdulrahman Al-Ali.

Substitutions

Al Gharafa made 4 changes: Yohan Boli for Ahmed Alaaeldin (71′), Farid Boulaya for Amro Abdelfatah Surag (82′), Fabricio Díaz for Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak (82′) and Abdalla Yousif for Othman Alawi (90′).

Player of the match: Seydou Sano​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Gharafa was Seydou Sano even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 52 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 13 duels out of 15.

Qatar SC – Formation

Qatar SC
G
Satea Al-Abbasi 74.Qatar
6.4
D
Abdallah Hussein Al Muftah 15.Qatar
7.0
D
Ali Malolah 18.Qatar
7.0
89'
D
Eisa Palangi 20.Qatar
6.8
74'
D
Ibrahim Majed 32.Qatar
7.1
M
Youssef Mohamed Ali 27.Qatar
6.4
59'
M
Abdullah Al-Ahrak 6.Qatar
6.4
M
Tabata 7.Brazil
6.6
M
Javi Martínez 8.Spain
7.3
M
Bashar Resan 10.Iraq
6.4
74'
F
Ben Malango 28.DR Congo
7.7
89' Goals6'
Substitutes
G
Motasem Al-Bustami 31.Qatar
G
Adnan Ali 33.Qatar
D
Khalid Mahmoudi 17.Qatar
6.3
74'
D
Mohamed Al-Rabiei 2.Qatar
D
Nasir Baksh 12.Qatar
6.6
89'
M
Abdulrahman Al-Korbi 16.Qatar
M
A. Saoudi 3.Tunisia
M
Raoul Danzabe Sanda  5.Cameroon
6.3
59'
M
Ali Awad 11.Qatar
6.8
74'
M
Moataz Bostami 14.Qatar
F
Jassim Al-Jalabi 21.Qatar
F
Sebastián Soria 23.Qatar
6.6
89'

Also Qatar SC adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa played with: Sateh Al-Abbasi (6.4), Ali Karami (7.0), Abdallah Al-Muftah (7.0), Ibrahim Majid (7.1), Eisa Palangi (6.8), Javi Martínez (7.3), Bruno Tabata (6.6), Abdullah Al-Ahrak (6.4), Youssef Mohamed Ali (6.4), Bashar Resan (6.4) and Ben Malango (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Mohamed Al-Rabiei, Ali Saoudi, Raoul Danzabe Sanda (6.3), Ali Awad (6.8), Nasir Baksh (6.6), Moataz Bostami, Abdulrahman Al-Korbi, Khalid Mahmoudi (6.3), Jassim Al-Jalabi, Sebastián Soria (6.6), Motasem Al-Bustami and Adnan Saleh.

Substitutions

Qatar SC made 5 changes: Youssef Mohamed Ali for Raoul Danzabe Sanda (59′), Ali Karami for Nasir Baksh (89′), Ben Malango for Sebastián Soria (89′), Bashar Resan for Ali Awad (74′) and Eisa Palangi for Khalid Mahmoudi (74′).

Player of the match: Ben Malango​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Qatar SC was Ben Malango.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 19 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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