DOHA. Al Markhiya managed to reverse the score against Al Wakrah to win 2-1. It was Al Wakrah to strike first with a goal of Hamdi Fathi at the 31′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Rúben Semedo gave the win to Al Markhiya in the 75′ minute. Al Wakrah was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri with the collaboration of Zahy Al Shmari and Nasser Hossny Eldoss. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Shammari. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 21.05 degrees Celsius or 69.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 19 Total 8
- 8 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 133 Attack 92
- 72 Dangerous attack 35
- 90 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Wakrah had a superior ball possession 66% while Al Markhiya was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wakrah was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Al Markhiya was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Al Wakrah shot 19 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Markhiya shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Wakrah received 2 yellow cards (Hamdi Fathi and Ahmed Fadel). On the other side, Al Markhiya received 1 yellow card (Mohammed Khalid Amber Al-Roomi Al-Naimi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Wakrah stays with 28 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Al Markhiya will has 7 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Wakrah will play away with Al Shamal on the 25th of February with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Al Wakrah (7 draws).
Al Markhiya will play away against Qatar SC on the 9th of August with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Qatar SC (1 draw).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah
84'
38'
31'
Al Wakrah started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager José Murcia González decided to play with the following team: Omair Abdulla Al-Sayed , Trent Sainsbury , Almahdi Ali , Lucas Mendes , Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud , Ayoub Assal , Khalid Muneer , Hamdi Fathi , Rabh Boussafi , Mohamed Benyettou and Gelson Dala .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Bakri, Khald Youssef Shurrab, Ahmed Fadel , Omar Salah Alosad , Khalid Ali Sabah , Omar Ali , Mohamed Khaled, Nasser Al Yazidi, Adam Maher , Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib, Yousef Mohammed Ramadan and Nabil Irfan.
Al Wakrah could not rely on the presence of Omar Salah Alosad (injured).
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 5 changes: Hamdi Fathi for Ahmed Fadel (57′), Khalid Muneer for Omar Salah Alosad (57′), Rabh Boussafi for Adam Maher (73′), Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud for Khalid Ali Sabah (72′) and Almahdi Ali for Omar Ali (84′).
Player of the match: Hamdi Fathi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wakrah was Hamdi Fathi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Al Markhiya – Formation
Al Markhiya
Al Markhiya started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Madjid Bougherra played with: Oumar Barry , Tameem Al Muhaza , Rúben Semedo , Naby Sarr , Mohammed Khalid Amber Al-Roomi Al-Naimi , Driss Fettouhi , Mohamad Abdulnaser Alabbasi , Moayed Hassan , Bashar Resan , Yusupha Njie and Naoufal Bannis .
These were the players on the bench: Louay Shreif Ashour, Noor Rahman, Mohamed Naceur Almanai, Ali Said Al Muhannadi, Talal Al-Shila , Mohammed Abdullah, Mohamed Al-Hassan, Salmane, Mahmood Gamal Mohamed, Ahmed Mohamed Abotrika, Abdelrahman Moustafa and Ali Mohammed Jasimi.
Substitutions
Al Markhiya made 2 changes: Moayed Hassan for Abdelrahman Moustafa (60′) and Naoufal Bannis for Talal Al-Shila (82′).
Player of the match: Rúben Semedo
The most impressive player for Al Markhiya was Rúben Semedo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Shamal – Al Mu’aidar – 0-0
- Al Ahli – Umm Salal – 1-2
- Al Wakrah – Al Markhiya – 1-2
