BURAYDAH. Al Raed found a way to reverse the scoreline against Al Adalh to win 2-1. It was Al Adalh to strike first with a goal of L. Palacios at the 35′. Then it was a goal in the 63′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Júlio Tavares gave the win to Al Raed in the 71′ minute. Al Raed made the most of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Al-Harbi with the assistance of Emad Mohammed Askar and Mohammad Al-Hanfoosh. The 4th official was Abdulsamad Bakri. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.3 degrees Celsius or 86.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 13%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Raed had a superior ball possession 57% while Al Adalh was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Raed was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Raed won the match​.

Al Raed shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Adalh shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Al Raed didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Al Adalh received 2 yellow cards (Edson and Abdularahman Al Hurib).

Standings

After this match, Al Raed will have 9 points like Al Nassr and Al Tai to gain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Adalh will stay with 1 points to hold in the 15th place.

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 in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).

Al Adalh will play away agasint Al Ittifaq on the 2nd of February with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Al Ittifaq (0 draws).

Al Raed – Formation

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: Silviu Lung, Mohammed Abdullah Salem, Pablo Renan dos Santos, Abdullah Al Fahad, Damjan Đoković, Awdh Khamis Faraj, Mohamed Fouzair, Abdulmalek Al Shammary, Júlio Tavares, Alexandru Ionuț Mitriță and Karim El Berkaoui.

The home team had on the bench: Khalid Abdulaziz Al-Khathlan, Yehya Sulaiman Al Shehri, Ahmad Ali Al Harbi, Mohammed Al Doseri, Abdullah Magrshi, Mansor Faiez Al Beshe, Rayed Al Ghamdi, Naif Hazazi and Sultan Farhan.

Substitutions

Al Raed made 6 changes: Abdullah Al Fahad for Mohammed Al Dossary (46′), Awad Al Faraj for Sultan Al Farhan (46′), Abdulmalek Al Shammary for Khalid Al Khathlan (65′), K. El Berkaoui for Abdullah Majrashi (87′), K. El Berkaoui for Abdullah Majrashi (87′) and A. Mitriță for Yahia Al Shehri (90′).

Al Adalh – Formation

Al Adalh started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Youssef Manai played with: Milan Mijatović, Mohammed Al Oufi, Arif Saleh Al-Haydar, Edson Felipe da Cruz, Abdularahman Al Hurib, Hassan Al Habaib, Mikael Dyrestam, Martin Angha-Lötscher, Reinaldo Lenis Montes, Nasser Al Abdali and Lautaro Agustín Palacios.

They had on the bench: Walead Al-shangeati, Hussain Hassan Alnattar, Ahmed Al Sultan, Mortada Al Barrih, Mohammed Abo Abd, Fahad Mohammed H Al Harbi, Abdulaziz Mohasen Aljamman Aldossary, Abdullah Faisal Hadhereti and Ali Al Amri.

Substitutions

Al Adalh made 3 changes: Hassan Al Habib for Ahmed Al Sultan (66′), Nasser Al Abdali for Abdullah Hadhereti (79′) and L. Palacios for Walead Al Shangeati (82′).

Results of the day

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

• Al Wahda – Al Ittifaq – 1-1
• Dhamk – Al Tai – 2-0
• Al Raed – Al Adalh – 2-1
• Al Khaleej – Al Batin – 1-0