Al Sadd overcomes Al Gharafa 5-1 after playing a incredible match.
Al Sadd remained in players after A. Afif received a red card in the 11′. Anyhow, Al Sadd still managed to win this match playing only in players.
The referee was Khamis Al Marri with the assistance of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Faisal Eid Al Shammari. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 17 Total 13
- 5 On Target 9
- 12 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 99 Attack 94
- 77 Dangerous attack 41
- 77 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 1
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Al Gharafa was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Al Sadd that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Gharafa was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Al Sadd found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Al Gharafa shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Al Sadd shot 13 times, 9 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 1 yellow card (S. Fadlalla). Talking about the opposition, Al Sadd received 2 yellow cards (S. Tarek and A. Hassan).
Also, Al Sadd didn’t finish the match with 11 players after A. Afif (Al Sadd) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (11′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Gharafa will stay with 26 points like Al Arabi to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Al Sadd will have 43 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will play away with Al Sailiya on the 16th of March with a 18-10 head to head in favor of Al Gharafa (4 draws).
Al Sadd will play away agasint Al Ahli on the 21st of February with a 21-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
77'
46'
28'
The manager Andrea Stramaccioni decided to play with the following team: Yousef Hassan, Almahdi Ali, M. Tahrat, Homam Ahmed, Gabriel, Saeed Alhaj, S. Ezatolahi, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Saifeldeen Fadlalla, C. Diabaté and Ahmed Alaa Eldin.
The home team had on the bench: Andri Syahputra, Moayed Hassan, Ahmed Al Ganehi, Abdalla Yousif, Qasem Burhan, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Abdollah Ali Saei, Mohammad Ismail Abu Shanab and Jassim Al-Zarra.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 3 changes: S. A. Essa for A. Al Ganehi (46′), S. Fadlalla for M. Hassan (46′) and Ahmed Alaaeldin for A. Sudarmanto (63′).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
11'
Javier Gracia Carlos played with: Meshaal Barsham, Abdelkarim Hassan, Pedro Miguel Correia, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Santi Cazorla, Guilherme, Ali Assadalla, Tarek Salman, Hassan Al Heidos, B. Bounedjah and Akram Afif.
They had on the bench: Mohamed Naceur Almanai, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, A. Ayew, Mostafa Taerk, Mahdi Salem, Mosaab Khoder, Saad Al Sheeb, Yousef Baliadeh, Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, Boualem Khoukhi, Faisal Mohamed and Jung Woo-Young.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 4 changes: A. Assadalla for B. Khoukhi (59′), R. Tabata for Jung Woo-Young (62′), B. Bounedjah for A. Ayew (81′) and H. Al Haydos for M. Khoder (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Gharafa – Al Sadd – 5-1
- Al Rayyan – Al Duhail – 0-4
- Al Wakrah – Al Sailiya – 2-1
