DOHA. Al Arabi had a close win over Qatar SC. The hero of the match was O. Al-Somah who scored in the 55th, 90th and 20th minute.
The match was played at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Moatasem Ahmed Al Mazyed with the support of Taleb Salem Al Marri and Mohamed Abdul Aziz. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al Shammari. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.67 degrees Celsius or 74.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Qatar SC was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Al Arabi that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Qatar SC was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Al Arabi managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Qatar SC shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi shot 21 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Qatar SC received 2 yellow cards (Bruno Tabata and Raoul Danzabe Sanda). Talking about the opposition, Al Arabi received 1 yellow card (Abdou Diallo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Qatar SC stays with 13 points to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Arabi will has 21 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Qatar SC will host Al Markhiya on the 9th of August with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Qatar SC (1 draw).
Al Arabi will play away against Umm Salal on the 14th of February with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Al Arabi (11 draws).
Qatar SC – Formation
Qatar SC
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Qatar SC adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa decided to play with the following team: Sateh Al-Abbasi , Ali Karami , Badr Benoun , Ibrahim Majid , Eisa Palangi , Javi Martínez , Yohan Boli , Abdullah Al-Ahrak , Raoul Danzabe Sanda , Bruno Tabata and Ben Malango .
The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Al-Rabiei, Ali Awad , Nasir Baksh, Abdulrahman Al-Korbi, Khalid Mahmoudi , Jassim Al-Jalabi, Sebastián Soria , Youssef Mohamed Ali , Motasem Al-Bustami, Adnan Saleh and Ahmed Al-Saadi.
Substitutions
Qatar SC made 4 changes: Raoul Danzabe Sanda for Youssef Mohamed Ali (33′), Ben Malango for Sebastián Soria (67′), Ali Karami for Ali Awad (67′) and Eisa Palangi for Khalid Mahmoudi (67′).
Player of the match: Yohan Boli
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Qatar SC was Yohan Boli.
His rating is with 2 goals, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 16.
Al Arabi – Formation
Al Arabi
Also Al Arabi adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Younes Ali Rahmati played with: Jasem Adel Al Hail , Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam , Simo Keddari , Abdou Diallo , Abdulla Al-Salati , Ahmed Fathi , Ibrahim Nasser Kala , Rafinha Alcântara , Marco Verratti , Youssef Msakni and Omar Al-Somah .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yousuf Muftah, Mohamed Sayyar, Abdulrahman Anad, Abdullah Marafee , Mohamed Taabouni, Mohammed Alaa Eldin , Helal Mohammed , Abdulaziz Al Ansari, Ahmed Moein, Salem Reda Salem, Amir Hassan Katol and Rami Suhail Ali.
Substitutions
Al Arabi made 3 changes: Rafinha Alcântara for Abdullah Marafee (71′), Ibrahim Nasser Kala for Mohammed Alaa Eldin (80′) and Abdulla Al-Salati for Helal Mohammed (86′).
Player of the match: Marco Verratti
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Arabi was Marco Verratti even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 92 passes (90% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
