HA’IL. Al Shabab succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Al Hazm to win 2-1. It was Al Hazm to strike first with a goal of O. John at the 39′. Then it was a goal in the 44′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Vietto gave the win to Al Shabab in the 51′ minute. Al Shabab made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).
É. Banega missed a penalty (36′) for Al Shabab.
The match was played at the Ar-Rass Stadium stadium in Ha’il. The referee was Raed Al Zahrani with the help of Hisham Al Refai and Esaa Khibariy. The 4th official was Sultan Sughayyir. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Shabab had a strong ball possession 59% while Al Hazm was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Shabab was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Shabab won the encounter.
Al Hazm shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Shabab shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Hazm received 2 yellow cards (Abdullah Al-Shammari and Osama Al-Khalaf). Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab received 5 yellow cards (Paulinho, Hattan Bahebri, Moteb Al Harbi, Fawaz Al-Qarni and A. N’Diaye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Hazm will stay with 14 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab will have 37 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hazm will play away against Al Ittihad on the 18th of March with a 13-2 head to head in favor of Al Ittihad (3 draws).
Al Shabab will play away agasint Al Ta’ee on the 18th of March with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Hazm – Formation
Al Hazm started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Constantin Gâlcă decided to play with the following team: Ibrahim Zaid, Abdullah Al-Shammari, Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel, Fahad Al-Obaid, Alison, A. Hafidi, Osama Al-Khalaf, N. Zerhouni, Saud Zidan, Mohammad Al-Sahlawi and O. John.
The home team had on the bench: Dawood Al Saeed, Abdulrahman Al Rio, Ahmed Al-Najei, Abdulrahman Al-Harthi, E. Henty, Ahmed Al-Juwaid, L. Stojanović, Neris and Sultan Faqihi.
Substitutions
Al Hazm made 5 changes: A. Hafidi for E. Henty (46′), Fahad Al-Obaid for Abdulrahman Al Rio (46′), Mohammad Al-Sahlawi for L. Stojanović (67′), Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel for Neris (82′) and Alison for Ahmed Al-Najei (83′).
Al Shabab – Formation
Al Shabab started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca played with: Fawaz Al-Qarni, Iago Santos, Nader Abdullah Al Sharari, Moteb Al Harbi, É. Banega, Hattan Bahebri, Fawaz Al Saqour, Hussain Al Qahtani, Paulinho, L. Vietto and Carlos.
These were the players on the bench: Hussain Al Shai’an, Khaled Al Ghamdi, A. N’Diaye, Turki Al Ammar, Nasser Al-Omran, A. Al-Huqi, Abdullah Al Shamekh, Abdullah Al-Joui and Nawaf Al Abid.
Substitutions
Al Shabab made 3 changes: L. Vietto for A. N’Diaye (71′), Hattan Bahebri for Turki Al Ammar (80′) and É. Banega for Nawaf Al Abid (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ahli Jeddah – Al Taawon – 1-1
- Al Faisaly – Dhamk – 3-0
- Al Hazm – Al Shabab – 1-2
- Al Raed – Al Ittifaq – 1-1