JEDDAH. Al Ittihad was after all too strong for Al Nassr with the goal of Romarinho (6′ pen), Abdulaziz Al Bishi (31′) and A. Hamedallah (68′).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Friday and it started at 8:20 pm local time. The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano with the help of Ángel Nevado Rodríguez and Taleb Salem Al Marri. The 4th official was Sami Al Jires. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.8 degrees Celsius or 71.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 5 Total 4
- 3 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 61 Attack 71
- 30 Dangerous attack 35
- 55 Ball safe 56
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Al Nassr that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Ittihad was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Al Ittihad shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad received 3 yellow cards (Romarinho, Muhannad Al Shanqeeti and Awad Al Nashri). Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr didn’t receive any yellow card.
Also, Al Nassr didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Talisca (Al Nassr) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (59′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ittihad will have 47 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Nassr will stay with 38 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittihad will host Al Hazm on the 18th of March with a 13-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittihad (3 draws).
Al Nassr will host Al Feiha on the 17th of March with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (3 draws).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
82'
82'
31'
Al Ittihad adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Cosmin Marius Contra decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Grohe, Omar Hawsawi, Ziyad Al Sahafi, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Muhannad Al Shanqeeti, André André, Bruno Henrique, Abdulaziz Al Bishi, Romarinho, Fahad Al Muwallad and A. Hamedallah.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Bahusayn, Abdulrahman Al Obod, Khaled Al Samiri, Rakan Najjar, Madallah Al Olayan, Awad Al Nashri, Hazim Al Zahrani, Abdullah Al Hafith and Haroune Camara.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 5 changes: Fahad Al Muwallad for Abdulrahman Al Obod (67′), André André for Awad Al Nashri (81′), Muhannad Al Shanqeeti for Madallah Al Olayan (82′), Romarinho for Haroune Camara (82′) and Abdulaziz Al Bishi for Ahmed Bahusayn (90′).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
59'
Also Al Nassr adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miguel Ángel Russo played with: Waleed Abdullah, R. Mori, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Mansour Al Shammari, G. Martínez, Anselmo, Talisca, Ali Al-Hassan, Khalid Al Ghannam and J. Rodríguez.
These were the players on the bench: Sami Al-Najei, V. Aboubakar, Hamed Al Mansour, Ali Lajami, Abdulfattah Asiri, Amin Jan Al Bukhari, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Abdullah Al Khaibari and J. Masharipov.
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Amin Jan Al Bukhari (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 4 changes: Khalid Al Ghannam for V. Aboubakar (46′), Waleed Abdullah for Amin Jan Al Bukhari (53′), Ali Al-Hassan for Abdullah Al Khaibari (80′) and G. Martínez for J. Masharipov (80′).
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
