AL-HASA. Al Hilal defeats Al Fateh 1-0 after L. Vietto scored just 1 goal (11′). Al Hilal was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium stadium in Al-Hasa on Sunday and it started at 6:35 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hoaish assisted by Hisham Al Refai and Omar Al Jamel. The 4th official was Mohammed Al Esmaiel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal had a superior ball possession 62% while Al Fateh was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the encounter.
Al Fateh shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Al Hilal shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Fateh didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Al Hilal received 3 yellow cards (Nasser Al Dawsari, G. Cuéllar and Michael).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Fateh stays with 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Al Hilal has 9 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Fateh will play away against Dhamk on the 19th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Al Fateh (3 draws).
Al Hilal will host Al Adalh on the 12th of January with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Al Hilal (0 draws).
Al Fateh – Formation
Al Fateh
90'
Al Fateh adopted the 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Giorgios Donis decided to play with the following team: J. Rinne, Fran Vélez, Nawaf Boushal, Petros, Mohammed Al Fuhaid, Tawfiq Buhumaid, M. Saâdane, C. Cueva, S. Bendebka, M. Batna and Ayman Al Khulaif.
The home team had on the bench: Othman Al Othman, Ali Al Zubaidi, Hassan Al Slis, Firas Al Brikan, Majed Kanabah, Ammar Al Duhaim, Housain Al Moqahwi, Mustafa Malayekah and Salem Al Najdi.
Al Fateh could not rely on the presence of Ammar Al Duhaim (injured).
Substitutions
Al Fateh made 4 changes: Mohammed Al Fuhaid for Firas Al Brikan (67′), M. Batna for Housain Al Moqahwi (85′), Tawfiq Buhumaid for Salem Al Najdi (85′) and Fran Vélez for Ammar Al Duhaim (90′).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
71'
11'
Also Al Hilal adopted the 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Ramón Ángel Díaz played with: Abdullah Al Muaiouf, Mohammed Jahfali, Ali Al Bulayhi, Saud Abdulhamid, G. Cuéllar, A. Carrillo, Salman Al Faraj, Salem Al Dawsari, Nasser Al Dawsari, M. Marega and L. Vietto.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Michael, Khalifah Al Dawsari, Abdullah Otayf, Yasser Al Shahrani, O. Ighalo, Abdullah Al Hamdan, Mohammed Al Burayk, Mohammed Al Owais and Matheus Pereira.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 5 changes: Nasser Al Dawsari for Yasser Al Shahrani (61′), A. Carrillo for Matheus Pereira (61′), Salem Al Dawsari for Michael (72′), L. Vietto for O. Ighalo (72′) and Salman Al Faraj for Abdullah Otayf (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
