BURAYDAH. Al Fateh defeats Al Taawon 3-1. Al Fateh was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Salem Alnajdi (30′), Saad Al-Shurafa (35′) and Saad Al-Shurafa (45′). Al Taawon reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 4′) by Joao Pedro, but there was not much to do for them. Al Taawon was much better in terms of ball possession (68%).​

Ashraf El Mahdioui didn’t convert a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Al Taawon to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Al Taawon Club Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In front of 3,494 spectators.​ The referee was Abdallah Dafar with the help of Bader Ali Al Shamrani and Emad Mohammed Askar. The 4th official was Meshal Ali Al-Shehri. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.64 degrees Celsius or 74.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Taawon had a superior ball possession 68% while Al Fateh was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Taawon had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Al Fateh managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Taawon shot 21 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Fateh shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Taawon received 2 yellow cards (Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq and Abdulfattah Adam). Talking about the opposition, Al Fateh received 4 yellow cards (Marwane Saadane, Sofiane Bendebka, Ali Al Masoud and Saeed Baattia).

Standings

After this match, Al Taawon stays with 34 points to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Al Fateh will has 28 points like Al Ittihad to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Taawon will host Al Nassr on the 27th of December with a 18-6 head to head in favor of Al Nassr (4 draws).

Al Fateh will host Al Akhdoud on the 27th of December with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Al Fateh (0 draws).

Al Taawon – Formation

Al Taawon adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca decided to play with the following team: Mailson (5.6), Aloyayari Abdulmalik (7.5), Andrei Girotto (7.5), Awn Al Saluli (7.1), Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq (5.8), Flávio (7.5), Ashraf El Mahdioui (7.3), Álvaro Medrán (7.9), Musa Barrow (7.1), Joao Pedro (7.5) and Mateus (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Al-Ghamdi, Sattam Al Roqi, Nawaf Al-Rashwodi, Mohammed Aldhulayfi, Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn, Iyad Luay Ali Madani, Ziyad Adel Freej Al Refaei, Muath Muath and Abdulfattah Adam (6.8).

Substitutions

Al Taawon made only 1 change substituting Fahad Khalid Al Abdulrazzaq for Abdulfattah Mohamed Adam (46′)​.

Player of the match: Mateus​

The most impressive player for Al Taawon was Mateus.

His rating is 8.1 with 39 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 13 crosses.

Al Fateh – Formation

Also Al Fateh adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Slaven Bilić played with: Jacob Rinne (8.7), Saeed Baattia (7.3), Qasim Al-Oujami (7.1), Marwane Saadane (7.3), Salem Alnajdi (7.8), Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (6.8), Mukhtar Ali (7.7), Sofiane Bendebka (7.0), Mourad Batna (7.5), Saad Al-Shurafa (8.7) and Ali Al Masoud (6.4).

They had on the bench: Ali Alzubaidi, Ziyad Aljari, Hassan Al-Mohammed (6.3), Mohammed Al Saeed (6.4), Abdullah Al-Mogren, Djaniny (6.8), Amaar Al Dohaim, Mustafa Malaika and Abbas Sadiq Alhassan (6.4).

Substitutions

Al Fateh made 4 changes: Ali Al Masoud for Mohammed Al Saeed (66′), Saad Al-Shurafa for Djaniny (72′), Salem Alnajdi for Abbas Sadiq Alhassan (90′) and Mukhtar Ali for Hassan Al-Mohammed (90′).

Player of the match: Jacob Rinne​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Fateh was the goalkeeper: Jacob Rinne. His rating is 8.67. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ittihad – Al Raed – 1-3
• Al Taawon – Al Fateh – 1-3