DOHA. Al Ahli was capable to reverse the scoreline against Al Gharafa to win 2-1. It was Al Gharafa to strike first with a goal of Ahmed Alaa Eldin at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Idrissa Doumbia gave the win to Al Ahli in the 90′ minute. Al Ahli was much better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Seydou Sano received a red card (22′). This red card was one of the reason why Al Gharafa lost the match.
The match was played at the Grand Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri who was helped by Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Alyafei Mahmoud Faisal. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.53 degrees Celsius or 77.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 13 Total 19
- 8 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 89 Attack 130
- 49 Dangerous attack 82
- 82 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 14
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ahli had a strong ball possession 70% while Al Gharafa was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahli was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ahli won the match.
Al Gharafa shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ahli shot 18 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Al Gharafa received 1 yellow card (Pedro da Mota Vieira Martins). Talking about the opposition, Al Ahli received 4 yellow cards (Navid Doozandeh, Julian Draxler, Yazan Al Naimat and Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi).
(Al Gharafa) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (22′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Gharafa stays with 27 points like Al Wakrah to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Al Ahli will has 15 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Gharafa will play away with Al Markhiya on the 14th of February with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (1 draw).
Al Ahli will host Al Sadd on the 15th of February with a 24-3 head to head in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Gharafa – Formation
Al Gharafa
22'
84'
45'
Al Gharafa started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Khalifa Ababacar , Abdalla Yousif , Dame Traore , Lyanco , Seydou Sano , Saifeldeen Fadlalla , Amro Abdelfatah Surag , Fabricio Díaz , Ferjani Sassi , Yacine Brahimi and Ahmed Alaa Eldin .
The home team had on the bench: Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak , Abdullah Ali Saei, Farid Boulaya, Othman Alawi, Hamed Kahiout, Youssef Houssam Hassan, Jassim Al Zarra, Yousef Saaed Ahmed , Ibrahim Tamer Khalid, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Ayoub Al Oui and Abdulrahman Al-Ali.
Al Gharafa could not rely on the presence of Yousef Saaed Ahmed (injured).
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 2 changes: Amro Abdelfatah Surag for Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak (84′) and Ahmed Alaa Eldin for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (79′).
Player of the match: Ferjani Sassi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Gharafa was Ferjani Sassi.
His rating is with 48 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.
Al Ahli – Formation
Al Ahli
90'
Al Ahli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe played with: Marwan Badredlin , Mohamed Aiash , Ramón Arias , Robin Tihi , Islam Yassine Al Sharif , Idrissa Doumbia , Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi , Yazan Al Naimat , Julian Draxler , Naïm Sliti and Sekou Oumar Yansane .
These were the players on the bench: Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar , Ahmad Sebaie, Mohamed Lengliz, Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq, Sayed Al-Dokali , Abdulrasheed Umaru , Eslam Abdelkader, Yaseen Lafrid, Jassem Al Sharshani and Navid Doozandeh .
Al Ahli could not rely on the presence of Abdulrasheed Umaru (injured), Jassem Al Sharshani (injured), Sayed Al-Dokali (injured) and Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar (injured).
Substitutions
Al Ahli made 5 changes: Yazan Al Naimat for Abdulrasheed Umaru (22′), Naïm Sliti for Jassem Al Sharshani (69′), Abdulrasheed Umaru for Sayed Al-Dokali (46′), Abubakar Mohammed Bayomi for Navid Doozandeh (46′) and Islam Yassine Al Sharif for Eissa Abdelbaset Elnagar (60′).
Player of the match: Marwan Badredlin
The most impressive player for Al Ahli was the goalkeeper: Marwan Badredlin. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Qatar SC – Umm Salal – 1-1
- Al Gharafa – Al Ahli – 1-2
- Al Markhiya – Al Mu’aidar – 0-2
