Al Duhail was finally too good for Al Rayyan with the goal of E. Junior (3′ pen), A. Almoez (40′ pen) and M. Olunga (55′). Al Duhail took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played on Sunday and it started at 5:10 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Shummari with the help of Zahy Al Shmari and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Mohammed Nasser Ahmed.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Duhail had a superior ball possession 56% while Al Rayyan was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Duhail was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Duhail won the match​.

Al Duhail shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Rayyan shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Duhail received 1 yellow card (A. Almoez). On the opposite side, Al Rayyan didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Al Duhail will have 15 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Al Rayyan will stay with 6 points to stay in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Duhail will play away with Al Shamal on the 25th of October with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Duhail (0 draws).

Al Rayyan will host Al Sailiya on the 26th of October with a 17-7 head to head record in favor of Al Rayyan (6 draws).

Al Duhail – Formation

The manager Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro decided to play with the following team: Mohammed Al Bakri, T. Alderweireld, Sultan Al-Braik, Karim Boudiaf, Luiz Ceará, F. Sassi, Edmilson Junior, Bassam Hisham, Ismaeel Mohammad, M. Olunga and Almoez Ali.

The home team had on the bench: Shehab Ellethy, Rabh Boussafi, Abdullah Abdulsalam, Ali Hassan Afif, Mohammed Musa, Assim Madibo, Mubarak Shanan Hamza, Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan, Ali Mohammed Ghulais and Mohammed Alaa Eldin.

Substitutions

Al Duhail made 5 changes: K. Boudiaf for A. O. Madibo (54′), A. Almoez for A. Alahrak (81′), I. Mohammad for Mohamed Al Aaeldin (86′), B. H. Al-Rawi for M. Musa (86′) and E. Junior for R. Boussafi (86′).

Al Rayyan – Formation

On the other side, Laurent Blanc played with: Fahad Baker, Dame Traoré, S. Khalilzadeh, Yousif Umar Din, S. Nzonzi, J. Rodríguez, Khalid Muftah, Abdulaziz Hatem, Mouafak Awad, Y. Brahimi and Y. Boli.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mostafa Osama Abouelela, Waseem Matar, Ahmed Al-Rawi, Tameem Al Abdullah, Hadi Ali Tabasideh, Mubarak Al-Nasser, Mohammad Jumaa, Khalid Ali Binsabaa, Saud Abdullah and Ahmed Yasser.

Substitutions

Al Rayyan made 5 changes: Y. Umar Din for A. Yasser (46′), M. Awad Ahmed for M. Jumaa (79′), K. Muftah for M. O. Abouelela (79′), Y. Brahimi for T. M. Alabdulla (85′) and J. Rodriguez for A. Al-Rawi (88′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Al Khor – Al Ahli – 2-2
• Al Sadd – Al Gharafa – 6-4
• Al Duhail – Al Rayyan – 3-0