ABHA. Abha managed to find the solution against Al Hazm to win 2-1. F. Al was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Al Hazm to strike first with an early goal of Osama Al-Khalaf at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 65′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Fahad Al Jumayah gave the win to Abha in the 90′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium (Abha) stadium in Abha on Friday and it started at 4:05 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Beredi with the support of Hisham Al Refai and Mohammed Al Shehri. The 4th official was Sultan Sughayyir. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Abha was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Al Hazm that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Abha was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Abha won the match.
Abha shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Hazm shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Abha didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Al Hazm received 1 yellow card (Farhan Al-Aazmi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Abha will have 28 points to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Al Hazm will stay with 14 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will host Al Taawon on the 19th of March with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Al Taawon (1 draw).
Al Hazm will play away agasint Al Ittihad on the 18th of March with a 13-2 head to head in favor of Al Ittihad (3 draws).
Abha – Formation
Abha
46'
65', 90'
Abha started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Martin Ševela decided to play with the following team: A. M’Hamdi, B. Ifa, Abdullah Al Dossary, Sari Amr, Saeed Al Hamsal, A. Atouchi, U. Matić, Saleh Al Jamaan, Riyadh Sharahili, S. Bguir and T. Meziani.
The home team had on the bench: Mutair Al Zahrani, M. te Vrede, Mohanad Alqaydhi, Fahad Al Jumayah, Jehad Al Zuwed, Muath Afaneh, Mohammed Al Kunaydiri, Abdulrahman Al Barakah and Abdullah Al Shammari.
Substitutions
Abha made 3 changes: Abdullah Al Dossary for M. te Vrede (46′), T. Meziani for Fahad Al Jumayah (64′) and Saeed Al Hamsal for Mohammed Al Kunaydiri (85′).
Al Hazm – Formation
Al Hazm
33'
Al Hazm started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Constantin Gâlcă played with: Ibrahim Zaid, Neris, Abdullah Al-Shammari, Farhan Al-Aazmi, A. Hafidi, Osama Al-Khalaf, N. Zerhouni, Saud Zidan, Ahmed Al-Juwaid, O. John and E. Henty.
They had on the bench: Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel, Alison, S. Al Harthi, Y. Omar, Dawood Al Saeed, Mohammad Al-Sahlawi, Sultan Faqihi, Thaar Al-Otaibi and Ahmed Al-Najei.
Al Hazm could not rely on the presence of S. Al Harthi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Hazm made 5 changes: A. Hafidi for Alison (63′), Farhan Al-Aazmi for Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel (81′), Ahmed Al-Juwaid for Ahmed Al-Najei (81′), O. John for S. Al Harthi (81′) and Saud Zidan for Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ittihad – Al Nassr – 3-0
- Al Fateh – Al Ahli Jeddah – 0-1
- Abha – Al Hazm – 2-1
