JEDDAH. Al Ittihad and Al Ittifaq didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Al Ittihad was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the collaboration of Alessandro Giallatini and Ciro Carbone. The 4th official was Mamdouh Al Shahdan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.9 degrees Celsius or 93.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 14 Total 2
- 6 On Target 0
- 8 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 90 Attack 63
- 66 Dangerous attack 26
- 59 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ittihad was in firm control of the ball 62% while Al Ittifaq was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Al Ittihad to win the match.
Al Ittihad shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Al Ittifaq shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad received 1 yellow card (Romarinho). On the other side, Al Ittifaq received 3 yellow cards (Abdulrahman Al Obaid, M. Tisserand and Y. Niakaté).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ittihad has 4 points to occupy the 6th place in the standings. On the other side, Al Ittifaq has 1 points (11th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittihad will host Al Wahda on the 16th of October with a 17-4 head to head in favor of Al Ittihad (6 draws).
Al Ittifaq will host Al Adalh on the 2nd of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Al Ittifaq (0 draws).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
68'
86'
Al Ittihad started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazy, Omar Hawsawi, Ahmed Sharahili, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Tarek Hamed, Bruno Henrique, Igor Coronado, Romarinho, Hélder Costa and Abdulrahman Al Obud.
The home team had on the bench: Madallah Al Olayan, Suwailem Al Menhali, Marwan Al Sahafi, Haroune Camara, Noureddine Al Bahar, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Awad Al Nashri, Abdullah Al Jadani and Ahmed Bamasud.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 3 changes: Bruno Henrique for Haroune Camara (63′), Hamdan Al Shamrani for Ahmed Bamasud (68′) and Abdulrahman Al Obud for Madallah Al Olayan (74′).
Al Ittifaq – Formation
Al Ettifaq
Al Ittifaq started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Patrice Carteron played with: Paulo Victor, M. Tisserand, Saeed Al Mowallad, Abdulrahman Al Obaid, Abdullah Khateeb, Ali Abdullah Hazzazi, B. Özdemir, Hamed Al Ghamdi, Ibrahim Mahnashi, Ahmed Al Ghamdi and R. Quaison.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Hamad Al Sayyaf, Fahad Zahim, Fahad Al Dossari, Abdullah Al Owaisher, Faisal Al Ghamdi, Abdullah Al Salem, Y. Niakaté, Sanousi Al Hawsawi and Vitinho.
Substitutions
Al Ittifaq made 5 changes: Ahmed Al Ghamdi for Vitinho (61′), Abdulrahman Al Obaid for Sanousi Al Hawsawi (62′), Ibrahim Mahnashi for Faisal Al Ghamdi (67′), R. Quaison for Y. Niakaté (67′) and Ali Abdullah Hazzazi for Fahad Al Dossari (83′).
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
