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 Possession 46
Shots
  • 9 Total 11
  • 1 On Target 5
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 86 Attack 96
  • 51 Dangerous attack 49
  • 78 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 3 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 17 Total 14
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

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'
Y. Brahimi(penalty)
Michael Olunga(goal)Moon-hwan Kim
19'
Karim Boudiaf- Yellow
13'
34'
Ahmed Al-Ganehi- Yellow
55'
Y. Brahimi(goal)
Luiz Ceará- sub ->Karim Boudiaf
58'
64'
Ferjani Sassi(goal)Abdalla Yousif
68'
F. Boulaya- sub ->Ahmed Alganehi
I. Bamba- Yellow
53'
I. Lihadji- sub ->Assim Madibo
77'
Khalid Mohammed- sub ->Philippe Coutinho
77'
82'
Y. Brahimi(goal)Ahmed Alaa Eldin
Suhaib Gannan- sub ->Moon-hwan Kim
88'
Moon-hwan Kim- Yellow
67'
89'
Ayoub Al Ouwi- sub ->Abdalla Yousif
Ismaeel Mohammed- sub ->Sultan Al Braik
88'
90'
Abdollah Ali Saei- sub ->Ferjani Sassi
89'
Ferjani Sassi- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Al Sadd
49
21
Al Rayyan
44
21
Al Gharafa
44
21
Al Wakrah
38
21
Al Duhail
28
21
Umm Salal
27
21
Al Arabi
26
21
Qatar SC
22
21
Al Shamal
22
21
Al Ahli
20
21
Al Markhiya
17
21
Al Mu\'aidar
14
21

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

Al Duhail
G
Salah Zakaria 1.Qatar
6.0
D
Lucas Veríssimo 5.Brazil
6.4
D
Sultan Al-Brake 18.Qatar
6.7
88'
D
I. Bamba 22.Italy
7.0
53'
D
Moon-hwan Kim 33.South Korea
6.6
88' 67'
M
Philippe Coutinho 9.Brazil
6.3
77'
M
Almoez Ali 11.Qatar
6.3
M
Karim Boudiaf 12.Qatar
6.4
58' 13'
M
Assim Madibo 23.Qatar
6.7
77'
M
I. Diallo 27.France
6.8
F
Michael Olunga 14.Kenya
8.1
Goals19'
Substitutes
G
Mohamed Saeed 13.Qatar
G
Shehab Ellethy 99.Qatar
D
Mohammed Musa 2.Qatar
D
Youssef Ayman 4.Qatar
M
Khalid Mohammed 6.Qatar
7.0
77'
M
Ismaeel Mohammed 7.Qatar
7.0
88'
M
Luiz Ceará 8.Qatar
6.0
58'
M
Fares Amer 21.Qatar
M
Suhaib Gannan 25.Qatar
6.7
88'
F
I. Lihadji 19.France
6.8
77'

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

Al Gharafa
G
Khalifa Ababacar 18.Qatar
6.4
D
Abdalla Yousif 2.Qatar
7.3
89'
D
Lyanco 3.Brazil
6.7
D
Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag 7.Qatar
7.0
D
Dame Traoré 15.Qatar
6.8
D
Saif Eldeen Hassan 90.Qatar
7.5
M
Y. Brahimi 8.Algeria
10.2
Goals14', 55', 82'
M
Ahmed Al-Ganehi 9.Qatar
6.4
68' 34'
M
F. Díaz 29.Uruguay
7.3
M
Ferjani Sassi 31.Tunisia
8.1
90' 89' Goals64'
F
Ahmed Alaaeldin 13.Qatar
7.5
Substitutes
G
Hamad Kahiout 12.Qatar
G
Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali 95.Qatar
D
Youssef Hassan 16.Qatar
D
Ayoub Al Ouwi 34.Qatar
6.4
89'
M
Nasser Al Ahrak 4.Qatar
M
Abdollah Ali Saei 6.Qatar
90'
M
F. Boulaya 10.Algeria
6.6
68'
M
Othman Alawi 11.Qatar
M
Jassim Al Zarra 17.Qatar
M
Ibrahim Khalid 25.Qatar
F
Yousef Saaed Ahmed 19.Qatar
F
Nasser Al Enazi 30.Qatar

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.​