BURAYDAH. Al Ittihad defeats Al Raed 1-0 after A. Hegazy scored just 1 goal (66′).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Matonte with the assistance of Nicolás Taran and Martín Soppi. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.3 degrees Celsius or 95.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 11%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 3 Total 3
- 0 On Target 1
- 3 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 69 Attack 76
- 41 Dangerous attack 54
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Al Ittihad had a superior ball possession 55% while Al Raed was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittihad won the match.
Al Raed shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 2 yellow cards (Sultan Al Farhan and Awad Al Faraj). On the other side, Al Ittihad received 3 yellow cards (Hamdan Al Shamrani, Ahmed Hegazy and Tarek Hamed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Raed stays with 3 points to occupy the 10th place in the table. On the opposite side, Al Ittihad has 7 points (3rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will play away with Dhamk on the 5th of January with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Ittihad will host Al Wahda on the 16th of October with a 17-4 head to head record in favor of Al Ittihad (6 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed
90'
89'
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: Abdulmalek Al Shammary, Abdullah Majrashi, Yahia Al Shehri, Mansor Al Beshe, Ahmad Al Harbi, Naif Hazazi, Khalid Al Khathlan, Abdulmohsen Qahtani and Yahya Sunbul.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 2 changes: Raed Al Ghamdi for Yahia Al Shehri (86′) and Awad Al Faraj for Abdulmalek Al Shammary (90′).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
66'
Al Ittihad started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazy, Omar Hawsawi, Ahmed Sharahili, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Tarek Hamed, Igor Coronado, Romarinho, Hélder Costa, A. Hamedallah and Abdulrahman Al Obud.
These were the players on the bench: Haroune Camara, Noureddine Al Bahar, Marwan Al Sahafi, Awad Al Nashri, Sultan Al Sulayi, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Madallah Al Olayan, Ahmed Bamasud and Abdullah Al Jadani.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 3 changes: Ahmed Sharahili for Ahmed Bamasud (26′), Hamdan Al Shamrani for Awad Al Nashri (78′) and Hélder Costa for Madallah Al Olayan (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Raed – Al Ittihad – 0-1
- Al Ittifaq – Al Batin – 3-0
