Al Arabi defeats Al Rayyan 4-2.
The referee was Mohamed Al-Shammari with the assistance of Yousef Aref Al Shamari and Hamad Mohd Al Ejji. The 4th official was Hussain Abdulla Alsayed.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Rayyan was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Al Arabi that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Rayyan was more aggressive with 5 dangerous attacks and 2 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Al Arabi was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Rayyan shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Arabi shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Al Rayyan received 4 yellow cards (A. Yasser, A. Hatim, M. Jumaa and O. Al Tairi). On the opposite side, Al Arabi received 3 yellow cards (A. Boupendza, Y. Msakni and A. Marafee).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Rayyan will stay with 18 points to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Arabi will have 29 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Rayyan will play away against Al Gharafa on the 24th of February with a 18-9 head to head in favor of Al Gharafa (8 draws).
Al Arabi will play away agasint Umm Salal on the 16th of March with a 13-12 head to head statistic in favor of Al Arabi (9 draws).
Al Rayyan – Formation
The manager Nicolás Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal decided to play with the following team: Fahad Baker, Dame Traoré, S. Khalilzadeh, Ahmed Yasser, S. Nzonzi, J. Rodríguez, Abdulaziz Hatem, Hashim Ali, Naif Al Hadhrami, Osamah Al Tairi and Y. Brahimi.
The home team had on the bench: Khalid Muftah, Mouafak Awad, Mohammad Jumaa, Hadi Ali Tabasideh, Mubarak Al-Nasser, Abdullah El Rady, Khalid Ali Binsabaa, Tameem Al Abdullah, Saud Abdullah and Y. Boli.
Substitutions
Al Rayyan made 2 changes: D. Traore for M. Jumaa (68′) and J. Rodriguez for Y. Boli (68′).
Al Arabi – Formation
Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Mahmud Abunada, Yousuf Muftah, A. Gunnarsson, Mohamed Sayyar, Abdullah Marafee, Ahmed Fathy, F. Esmaeili, Ahmed Suhail, Y. Msakni, A. Diomande and A. Boupendza.
They had on the bench: Abdulrahman Anad, El Hashmi El Hussain, Mohamed Hamadato, Jassem Gaber, Ibrahim Nasser Kala, Sataa Abdul Al Abbasi, Abdulaziz Al Ansari, Abdulqadir Ilyas and Fahad Obaid.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 4 changes: F. Esmaeili for J. Abdulsallam (86′), A. Boupendza for A. Ilyas (89′), A. Diomande for I. Kala (90′) and Y. Msakni for A. Anad (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.