Al Sadd defeats Al Gharafa 6-4 after playing a incredible match.
S. Hanni missed a decisive penalty (29′). That would have allowed Al Gharafa to draw the match.
S. Hanni missed 1 penalty (29′) for Al Gharafa.
The match was played on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Salman Ahmad Flahi who had the assistance of Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Hamad Mohd Al Ejji. The 4th official was Khalid Abdulla Nabet.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 15 Total 9
- 8 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 112 Attack 71
- 46 Dangerous attack 42
- 81 Ball safe 63
- 0 Penalties 1
- 0 Corners 6
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Sadd was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Sadd was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Sadd won the match.
Al Sadd shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Al Gharafa shot 9 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Sadd received 1 yellow card (A. Afif). On the opposite side, Al Gharafa didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Sadd will have 18 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Gharafa will stay with 9 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Sadd will play away with Umm Salal on the 26th of October with a 18-9 head to head record in favor of Al Sadd (6 draws).
Al Gharafa will host Al Khor on the 26th of October with a 22-7 head to head record in favor of Al Gharafa (7 draws).
Al Sadd – Formation
The manager Xavier Hernández Creus decided to play with the following team: Meshaal Barsham, Abdelkarim Hassan, Mosaab Khoder, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Guilherme, Ali Assadalla, Jung Woo-Young, Tarek Salman, Hassan Al Heidos, B. Bounedjah and Akram Afif.
The home team had on the bench: Yousef Baliadeh, Saad Al Sheeb, Santi Cazorla, Mohamed Naceur Almanai, Abdelrahman Rashid Gomaa, A. Ayew, Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi, Jehad Mohammad Hudib and Pedro Miguel Correia.
Substitutions
Al Sadd made 5 changes: A. Hassan for Ro Ro (46′), R. Tabata for S. Cazorla (58′), A. Assadalla for A. Ayew (66′), M. Khoder for A. Gomaa (90′) and H. Al Haydos for M. N. Almanai (90′).
Al Gharafa – Formation
On the other side, Andrea Stramaccioni played with: Yousef Hassan, Almahdi Ali, M. Tahrat, S. Hanni, Gabriel, Saeed Alhaj, Othman Alawi, Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag, Saifeldeen Fadlalla, C. Diabaté and Ahmed Alaa Eldin.
They had on the bench: Abdel Rahman Mubarak Al Ali, Youssef Hassan, Abdalla Yousif, Mohammed Rahman, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Jassim Al-Zarra, Mohammad Ismail Abu Shanab, Ahmed Sufyan, Moayed Hassan and Nasser Al Ahrak.
Substitutions
Al Gharafa made 3 changes: Ahmed Alaaeldin for M. Hassan (68′), O. Al Yahri for N. Al Ahrak (73′) and S. Fadlalla for J. Al Zarra (86′).
Results of the day
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