BURAYDAH. Al Raed defeats Al Wahda 1-0 after A. Mitriță scored just 1 goal (62′). Al Wahda was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
Al Raed remained in players after Renê received a red card in the 90′.
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Majed Al Shamrani assisted by Mohammed Maki Al Abakry and Balegh Alramadhan. The 4th official was Sultan Al Okairy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 36.3 degrees Celsius or 97.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 11%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Wahda had a superior ball possession 61% while Al Raed was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Wahda was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 2 shots of which 0 were on target. Even so, Al Raed was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Al Raed shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target. On the opposite side, Al Wahda shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 1 yellow card (Abdullah Al Fahad). Talking about the opposition, Al Wahda received 2 yellow cards (Hamad Al Jayzani and Botía).
(Al Raed) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Raed has 3 points to occupy the 9th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Al Wahda stays with 0 points (13th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will play away against Dhamk on the 5th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Wahda will host Abha on the 8th of September with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Al Wahda (2 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Marius Ninel Şumudică decided to play with the following team: S. Lung, Mohammed Salem, Pablo, Abdullah Al Fahad, D. Đoković, Awad Al Faraj, M. Fouzair, Sultan Al Farhan, Júlio Tavares, A. Mitriță and Raed Al Ghamdi.
The home team had on the bench: Renê, Abdulmohsen Qahtani, Abdullah Majrashi, Yahya Sunbul, Naif Hazazi, Mansor Al Beshe, Ahmad Al Harbi, Khalid Al Khathlan and Yahia Al Shehri.
Al Raed could not rely on the presence of Renê (injured).
Substitutions
Al Raed made 3 changes: Raed Al Ghamdi for Abdulmohsen Qahtani (71′), Pablo for Renê (86′) and A. Mitriță for Abdullah Majrashi (90′).
Al Wahda – Formation
Al Wahda started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Bruno Akrapović played with: M. Mohamedi, Ó. Duarte, Botía, Hamad Al Jayzani, Abdulelah Al Bukhari, F. Fajr, Waleed Bakshween, Anselmo, J. Beauguel, G. Rodrigues and Yahya Naji.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdullah Al Hafith, Noor Al Rashidi, Sultan Al Akouz, Basem Atallah, Sultan Al Sawadi, Alaa Hejji, Mohammed Al Qarni and Hazzaa Ahmed Al Ghamdi.
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 4 changes: Yahya Naji for Sultan Al Akouz (61′), G. Rodrigues for Hazzaa Ahmed Al Ghamdi (61′), Abdulelah Al Bukhari for Sultan Al Sawadi (80′) and Waleed Bakshween for Alaa Hejji (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.