DOHA. Al Sadd was in the end too strong for Qatar SC with the goal of A. Afif was the key of the match after he scored in the 44th, 34th and 45th minute. Akram Afif (34′), Akram Afif (44′ pen) and Akram Afif (45′ pen). Al Sadd was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Salman Ahmad Flahi with the assistance of Ramzan Saeed Al Naemi and Alyafei Mahmoud Faisal. The 4th official was Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.39 degrees Celsius or 68.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Sadd was in firm control of the ball 62% while Qatar SC was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Sadd shot 19 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Qatar SC shot 18 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Qatar SC received 2 yellow cards (Abdullah Al-Ahrak and Youssef Mohamed Ali).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Sadd has 35 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Qatar SC will stays with 13 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will play away against Umm Salal on the 9th of August with a 23-9 head to head in favor of Al Sadd (7 draws).
Qatar SC will host Al Markhiya on the 9th of August with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Qatar SC (1 draw).
Al Sadd – Formation
Al Sadd
81'
34', 44', 45'
Al Sadd adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid decided to play with the following team: Saad Al Sheeb , Tarek Salman , Mohammad Amin Hazbavi , Boualem Khoukhi , Paulo Otávio , Guilherme , Gonzalo Plata , Hasan Al-Haydos , Mohammed Waad , Akram Afif and Baghdad Bounedjah .
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Sayyar, Ali Asad, Yusuf Abdurisag, Ilyes Housni, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Mustafa Mashaal , Hashim Ali , Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed, Yousef Abdullah Balideh, Karim Haider Dib, Ahmed Suhail and Musaab Khidir.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 4 changes: Tarek Salman for Ahmed Suhail (81′), Gonzalo Plata for Ahmad Mohammed Al-Saeed (89′), Mohammed Waad for Mustafa Mashaal (65′) and Hasan Al-Haydos for Hashim Ali (66′).
Player of the match: Saad Al Sheeb
The most impressive player for Al Sadd was the goalkeeper: Saad Al Sheeb. His rating is 8.67. He performed 7 saves.
Qatar SC – Formation
Qatar SC
33'
Also Qatar SC adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa played with: Sateh Al-Abbasi , Ali Karami , Abdallah Hussein Al Muftah , Ibrahim Majid , Eisa Palangi , Javi Martínez , Jassim Al-Jalabi , Abdullah Al-Ahrak , Youssef Mohamed Ali , Yohan Boli and Sebastián Soria .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Al-Rabiei , Raoul Danzabe Sanda , Bruno Tabata , Ali Awad, Nasir Baksh, Abdulrahman Al-Korbi , Khalid Mahmoudi, Ben Malango , Motasem Al-Bustami, Adnan Saleh and Ahmed Al-Saadi.
Qatar SC could not rely on the presence of Mohamed Al-Rabiei (injured).
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 5 changes: Abdallah Hussein Al Muftah for Mohamed Al-Rabiei (73′), Jassim Al-Jalabi for Bruno Tabata (46′), Sebastián Soria for Ben Malango (61′), Javi Martínez for Raoul Danzabe Sanda (61′) and Abdullah Al-Ahrak for Abdulrahman Al-Korbi (83′).
Player of the match: Bruno Tabata
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Qatar SC was Bruno Tabata.
His rating is with 23 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 12 crosses.
His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
