DOHA. Al Ahli defeats Al Duhail 5-3 after playing a incredible match. Al Duhail was truly superior in terms of ball possession (71%).​

The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Thursday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Youssef Yaqoub Alsharshani with the support of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.43 degrees Celsius or 74.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Duhail had a superior ball possession 71% while Al Ahli was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Duhail was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Al Ahli managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Duhail shot 19 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahli shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Al Duhail didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Al Ahli received 4 yellow cards (Sayed Al-Dokali, Jassem Mohammed, Marwan Badredlin and Idrissa Doumbia).

Standings

After this match, Al Duhail stays with 17 points like Al Arabi to remain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahli will has 12 points like Qatar SC to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

Al Duhail – Formation

Al Duhail started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria (5.4), Moon-hwan Kim (6.0), Mohammed Musa (6.3), Yousef Aymen (6.3), Sultan Al Braik (7.1), Assim Madibo (6.1), Ibrahima Bamba (7.0), Ismael Mohammed (8.5), Philippe Coutinho (7.9), Mohammed Muntari (7.5) and Almoez Ali (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Khaled Mohammed (6.8), Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim, Isaac Lihadji (6.8), Lotfi Madjer, Fares Amer, Suhaib Gannan (6.6), Rúben Semedo, Jassim Al Mehairi, Abdulhamid Mumen Sebaei and Shehab Ellethy.

Substitutions

Al Duhail made 3 changes: Assim Madibo for Khaled Mohammed (85′), Moon-hwan Kim for Isaac Lihadji (71′) and Mohammed Musa for Suhaib Gannan (90′).

Player of the match: Almoez Ali​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Duhail was Almoez Ali.

His rating is 8.8 with 1 goal, 52 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 9 crosses.

Al Ahli – Formation

Al Ahli started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe played with: Marwan Badredlin (6.6), Jassem Mohammed (7.0), Danilo Arboleda (6.8), Robin Tihi (6.4), Yaseen Lafrid (6.3), Jassem Al Sharshani (6.6), Sekou Oumar Yansane (8.4), Ali Qadry (6.6), Idrissa Doumbia (6.6), Naïm Sliti (7.7) and Yazan Al Naimat (8.5).

They had on the bench: Julian Draxler (6.8), Ahmad Sebaie, Mohamed Lengliz, Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Sayed Al-Dokali (6.6), Navid Doozandeh (7.7), Nasser Saleh Al-Khalfan, Yousef Zeyad Marel (6.7) and Ali Mohammad Shahabi.

Substitutions

Al Ahli made 3 changes: Yaseen Lafrid for Sayed Al-Dokali (84′), Yazan Al Naimat for Navid Doozandeh (70′) and Jassem Al Sharshani for Julian Draxler (61′).

Player of the match: Yazan Al Naimat​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ahli was Yazan Al Naimat.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Al Duhail – Al Ahli – 3-5
• Al Sadd – Umm Salal – 6-0