MAHALAH. Abha topped Al Fateh to win 2-1. G. Krychowiak was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Abha to strike first with an early goal of Grzegorz Krychowiak at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Grzegorz Krychowiak gave the win to Abha in the 57′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Al Fateh was vastly better in terms of ball possession (76%).
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Mahalah on Sunday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Alharbi with the support of Saad Al-Shubrami and . The 4th official was Meshal Ali Al-Shehri. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.01 degrees Celsius or 89.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 19%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Fateh had a superior ball possession 76% while Abha was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Fateh was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Abha was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Abha shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Al Fateh shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Abha received 3 yellow cards (Fahad Mohammed Al-Jumaiya, Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi and François Kamano). On the other side, Al Fateh received 1 yellow card (Slaven Bilić).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Abha has 25 points like Al Riyadh to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Al Fateh will stays with 37 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will play away against Al Shabab on the 24th of April with a 8-4 head to head statistic in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Fateh will host Al Raed on the 24th of April with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Al Fateh (8 draws).
Abha – Formation
Abha
33'
78'
6', 57'
Abha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pitso John Mosimane decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Fahad Mohammed Al-Jumaiya , Fabián Noguera , Marcel Tisserand , Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi , François Kamano , Uros Matic , Ziyad Al-Sahafi , Meshal Al-Mutairi , Hassan Al-Ali and Grzegorz Krychowiak .
The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Al Shammari, Mohammed Naji, Saad Bguir , Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri , Saleh Al-Qumayzi, Nasser Al-Omran, Mohammed Saad Al Qahtani, Ahmad Jaber and Abdulelah Al-Shammeri .
Abha could not rely on the presence of Saad Bguir (injured) and Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (injured).
Substitutions
Abha made 4 changes: Marcel Tisserand for Saad Bguir (43′), Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi for Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri (78′), Meshal Al-Mutairi for Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (78′) and Hassan Al-Ali for Ahmed Abdu (81′).
Player of the match: Grzegorz Krychowiak
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Abha was Grzegorz Krychowiak.
His rating is with 2 goals, 17 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Al Fateh – Formation
Al Fateh
Also Al Fateh adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Slaven Bilić played with: J. Rinne , Saeed Baattia , Qasem Lajami , M. Saâdane , Salem Al Najdi , Sofiane Bendebka , Mukhtar Ali , M. Batna , Othman Al Othman , Cristian Tello and Djaniny .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ali Al Zubaidi , Noah Al Mousa , Mohammed Al Fuhaid, Mohammed Al Saeed, Ammar Al Dohaim, Tawfiq Bu Haymid , Saad Al Sharfa , Waleed Al Anzi and Abbas Al Hassan .
Al Fateh could not rely on the presence of Noah Al Mousa (injured).
Substitutions
Al Fateh made 5 changes: Djaniny for Ali Al Zubaidi (46′), Saeed Baattia for Tawfiq Bu Haymid (46′), Salem Al Najdi for Abbas Al Hassan (46′), Othman Al Othman for Saad Al Sharfa (46′) and M. Batna for Noah Al Mousa (76′).
Player of the match: Cristian Tello
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Fateh was Cristian Tello.
His rating is with 1 goal, 48 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
