BURAYDAH. Al Taawon snatched a late win Al Nassr 1-0 after S. Al scored just 1 goal (90′). Al Nassr lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Ortega with the assistance of Michael Orué and Jesús Sánchez. The 4th official was Sultan Al Okairy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.8 degrees Celsius or 96.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 9%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 5 Total 0
- 4 On Target 0
- 1 Off Target 0
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 50 Attack 59
- 30 Dangerous attack 53
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 11 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a superior ball possession 58% while Al Taawon was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 0 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Al Taawon was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Taawon shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Al Taawon received 2 yellow cards (Abdulmalik Al Oyayari and Saad Yaslam). Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr received 4 yellow cards (Abdulelah Al Amri, Abdullah Madu, Luiz Gustavo and Ali Al Hassan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Taawon has 6 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr stays with 3 points (9th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Taawon will host Al Adalh on the 15th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Al Taawon (1 draw).
Al Nassr will host Al Adalh on the 11th of October with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (0 draws).
Al Taawon – Formation
Al Taawoun
85'
71'
90'
Al Taawon started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca decided to play with the following team: Mailson, Naldo, Hassan Kadesh, Saad Yaslam, Álvaro Medrán, A. El Mahdioui, Flavio, Sumayhan Al Nabit, Abdulmalik Al Oyayari, L. Tawamba and Fahad Al Rashidi.
The home team had on the bench: Y. Al Hassan, Saad Al Nasser, A. Gamarra, Turki Fahad Al Mutairi, Faisal Darwish, Hassan Al Amri, Raghid Alaa Najjar, Tareq Abdullah A Mohammed and Motaz Hawsawi.
Al Taawon could not rely on the presence of Tareq Abdullah A Mohammed (injured).
Substitutions
Al Taawon made 3 changes: Álvaro Medrán for A. Gamarra (71′), Fahad Al Rashidi for Saad Al Nasser (82′) and Abdulmalik Al Oyayari for Tareq Abdullah A Mohammed (90′).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
Al Nassr started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Rudi Garcia played with: D. Ospina, Álvaro González, Abdullah Madu, G. Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo, Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem, Sami Al Najei, Ali Al Hassan, Khalid Al Ghannam and V. Aboubakar.
These were the players on the bench: Nawaf Al Aqidi, Mansour Al Shammari, Mohammed Maran, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Majed Y Alammari, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Yousef Haqawi, Abdulaziz Al Aliwa and Mohammed Al Fatil.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 4 changes: Khalid Al Ghannam for Abdulrahman Ghareeb (60′), Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem for Mohammed Maran (83′), Luiz Gustavo for Abdullah Al Khaibari (90′) and G. Konan for Mansour Al Shammari (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ittihad – Al Ittifaq – 0-0
- Al Taawon – Al Nassr – 1-0
