Al Gharafa obliterates Al Duhail 4-1 with 3 goals from Y. Brahimi

DOHA. Al Gharafa had a comfortable win over Al Duhail. The hero of the match was Y. Brahimi who scored in the 14th, 55th and 82nd minute.

By
John Ross
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Al Gharafa obliterates Al Duhail 4-1 with 3 goals from Y. Brahimi

DOHA. Al Gharafa had a comfortable win over Al Duhail. The hero of the match was Y. Brahimi who scored in the 14th, 55th and 82nd minute. Al Gharafa scored with Yacine Brahimi (14′), Yacine Brahimi (55′), Ferjani Sassi (64′) and Yacine Brahimi (82′). On the other side, Michael Olunga (19′) scored for Al Duhail.

The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulhadi Al Asmar Al Ruaile with the help of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Mohamed Abdul Aziz. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.39 degrees Celsius or 68.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Al Duhail

1 - 4

Team 1

Al Gharafa

  • 54 Ball Possession46
Shots
  • 9Total11
  • 1On Target5
  • 6 Off Target5
  • 3 Shots blocked1
  • 86Attack96
  • 51Dangerous attack49
  • 78Ball safe86
  • 0 Penalties1
  • 3Corners4
Fouls
  • 17Total14
  • 1Yellow Cards2
  • 0Double Yellow0
  • 0Red Card0
Other
  • 5Substitutions3

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Duhail was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Duhail was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Al Gharafa succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Al Duhail shot 9 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Gharafa shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Duhail received 3 yellow cards (Ibrahima Bamba, Karim Boudiaf and Moon-hwan Kim). Talking about the opposition, Al Gharafa received 2 yellow cards (Ahmed Alganehi and Ferjani Sassi).

Match Timeline

12'
Ferjani Sassi(VAR)
14'
Yacine Brahimi(penalty)
Michael Olunga(goal)Moon-hwan Kim
19'
Karim Boudiaf- Yellow
13'
34'
Ahmed Al Ganehi- Yellow
55'
Yacine Brahimi(goal)
58'
64'
Ferjani Sassi(goal)Abdalla Yousif
68'
Ibrahima Bamba- Yellow
53'
77'
77'
82'
Yacine Brahimi(goal)Ahmed Alaa Eldin
88'
67'
89'
Ayoub Al Ouwi- sub ->Abdalla Yousif
Ismael Mohammed- sub ->Sultan Al Braik
88'
90'
89'
Ferjani Sassi- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Al Sadd
49
22
Al Rayyan
47
22
Al Gharafa
44
22
Al Wakrah
38
22
Al Arabi
29
22
Al Duhail
28
22
Umm Salal
28
22
Qatar SC
25
22
Al Shamal
25
22
Al Ahli
23
22
Al Markhiya
18
22
Al Mu\'aidar
14
22

After playing this match, Al Duhail stays with 18 points like Al Arabi to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Al Gharafa will has 30 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Duhail will play away against Al Mu’aidar on the 15th of February with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Al Duhail (0 draws).

Al Gharafa will play away against Al Markhiya on the 14th of February with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Gharafa (1 draw).

Al Duhail – Formation

105Al Duhail
G
24446326
Salah Zakaria1.QatarQa
6.0
D
219696
Lucas Veríssimo5.BrazilBr
6.4
D
302695
Sultan Al Brake18.QatarQa
6.7
Substitute In88'
D
37539406
Ibrahima Bamba22.ItalyIt
7.0
Yellow Card53'
D
608280
Moon-hwan Kim33.South KoreaKr
6.6
Substitute In88'Yellow Card67'
M
810
Philippe Coutinho9.BrazilBr
6.3
Substitute In77'
M
54304
Almoez Ali11.QatarSd
6.3
M
301403
Karim Boudiaf12.QatarFr
6.4
Substitute In58'Yellow Card13'
M
54065
Assim Madibo23.QatarQa
6.7
Substitute In77'
M
537558
Ibrahima Diallo27.FranceFr
6.8
F
Placeholder
Michael Olunga14.KenyaKe
8.1
Goals19'
Substitutes
G
Placeholder
Mohamed Saeed13.QatarQa
G
523999
Shehab Ellethy99.QatarQa
D
301368
Mohamed Musa2.QatarQa
D
Placeholder
Yousef Ayman4.QatarQa
M
10966375
Khaled Mohammed6.QatarQa
7.0
Substitute In77'
M
301365
Ismael Mohammed7.QatarQa
7.0
Substitute In88'
M
301406
Luiz Junior8.QatarBr
6.0
Substitute In58'
M
Placeholder
Fares Said21.QatarQa
M
37653160
Suhaib Gannan25.QatarQa
6.7
Substitute In88'
F
32819182
Isaac Lihadji19.FranceFr
6.8
Substitute In77'

Al Duhail started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria (6.0), Moon-hwan Kim (6.6), Lucas Veríssimo (6.4), Ibrahima Bamba (7.0), Sultan Al Braik (6.7), Assim Madibo (6.7), Karim Boudiaf (6.4), Almoez Ali (6.3), Ibrahima Diallo (6.8), Philippe Coutinho (6.3) and Michael Olunga (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Musa, Yousef Aymen, Khaled Mohammed (7.0), Ismael Mohammed (7.0), Luiz Junior (6.0), Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim, Isaac Lihadji (6.8), Fares Amer, Suhaib Gannan (6.7) and Shehab Ellethy.

Substitutions

Al Duhail made 5 changes: Sultan Al Braik for Ismael Mohammed (88′), Moon-hwan Kim for Suhaib Gannan (88′), Assim Madibo for Isaac Lihadji (77′), Philippe Coutinho for Khaled Mohammed (77′) and Karim Boudiaf for Luiz Junior (58′).

Player of the match: Michael Olunga​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Duhail was Michael Olunga.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 20 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Al Gharafa – Formation

422Al Gharafa
G
301457
Khalifa Ababacar18.QatarSn
6.4
D
Placeholder
Abdalla Yousif2.QatarQa
7.3
Substitute In89'
D
219534
Lyanco3.BrazilBr
6.7
D
303869
Amro Abdelfatah Surag7.QatarQa
7.0
D
Placeholder
Dame Traore15.QatarFr
6.8
D
Placeholder
Saifeldeen Fadlalla90.QatarQa
7.5
M
95186
Yacine Brahimi8.AlgeriaFr
10.2
Goals14', 55', 82'
M
Placeholder
Ahmed Al Ganehi9.QatarQa
6.4
Substitute In68'Yellow Card34'
M
37410235
Fabricio Díaz29.UruguayUy
7.3
M
97544
Ferjani Sassi31.TunisiaTn
8.1
Substitute In90'Yellow Card89'Goals64'
F
302082
Ahmed Alaaeldin13.QatarQa
7.5
Substitutes
G
Placeholder
Hamad Majid12.QatarQa
G
Placeholder
Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali95.QatarQa
D
Placeholder
Youssef Hassan16.QatarQa
D
Placeholder
Ayoub Al Ouwi34.QatarQa
6.4
Substitute In89'
M
Placeholder
Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak4.QatarQa
M
Placeholder
Abdullah Ali Saei6.QatarQa
Substitute In90'
M
97750
Farid Boulaya10.AlgeriaFr
6.6
Substitute In68'
M
Placeholder
Othman Alawi11.QatarQa
M
Placeholder
Jassim Al Zarra17.QatarQa
M
Placeholder
Ibrahim Tamer Khaled25.QatarQa
F
Placeholder
Yousef Saaed Ahmed19.QatarQa
F
Placeholder
Nasser Al Enazi30.QatarQa

Al Gharafa started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Khalifa Ababacar (6.4), Amro Abdelfatah Surag (7.0), Dame Traore (6.8), Lyanco (6.7), Abdalla Yousif (7.3), Saifeldeen Fadlalla (7.5), Ahmed Alganehi (6.4), Fabricio Díaz (7.3), Ferjani Sassi (8.1), Yacine Brahimi (10.2) and Ahmed Alaa Eldin (7.5).

They had on the bench: Nasser Abdulsalam Al Ahrak, Abdullah Ali Saei, Farid Boulaya (6.6), Othman Alawi, Hamed Kahiout, Youssef Houssam Hassan, Jassim Al Zarra, Yousef Saaed Ahmed, Ibrahim Tamer Khalid, Nasser Eisa Al Enazi, Ayoub Al Oui (6.4) and Abdulrahman Al-Ali.

Al Gharafa could not rely on the presence of Ayoub Al Oui (injured).

Substitutions

Al Gharafa made 3 changes: Ferjani Sassi for Abdullah Ali Saei (90′), Ahmed Alganehi for Farid Boulaya (68′) and Abdalla Yousif for Ayoub Al Oui (89′).

Player of the match: Ferjani Sassi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Al Gharafa was Ferjani Sassi.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 52 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​