HAFAR AL-BATIN. Abha tops Al Batin 3-1. Abha was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Saleh Al Jamaan (35′), S. Bguir (72′) and Abdulfattah Adam (74′). Al Batin reduced the distance with a penalty (80′) by Rakan Shamlan, but there was not much to do for them. Abha was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Al-Batin FC Stadium stadium in Hafar Al-Batin on Sunday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Sami Al Jires who was helped by Hisham Al Refai and Mohammed Ahmed Wazi. The 4th official was Abdullah Zarban.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Abha had a strong ball possession 69% while Al Batin was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Batin was more pushing with 2 dangerous attacks and 2 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Abha found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Al Batin shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Abha shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Al Batin received 3 yellow cards (Bader Nasser, Yousef Fawaz and Mohammed Fraih Al Shammari). Regarding the opposition, Abha received 2 yellow cards (Abdullah Al Dossary and Fahad Al Jumayah).
(Al Batin) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (71′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Batin will stay with 1 points to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Abha will have 10 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Batin will play away with Al Adalh on the 19th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Adalh (0 draws).
Abha will host Dhamk on the 12th of January with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Dhamk (1 draw).
Al Batin – Formation
Al Batin
66'
74'
71'
80'
Al Batin started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alen Horvat decided to play with the following team: Meshaal Huriss, Maurício de Carvalho Antônio, Mohammed Naji, Bader Alhwidy Alshammary, Mohammed Fraih Alshammari, Tariq Madaad Al Mutairi, Othman Awad, Rakan Alanaze, Yousef Al Shammari, Abdulrahman Saad and Yousef Fawaz.
The home team had on the bench: Abdulrhman Al Anzi, Falah Muhammad Al Shamri, Omar Salman Al Suhaymi, Ali Al-Shammari, Turki Mohammed Al-Dhafiri, Mohamed Tayseer, Ibrahim Jamal, Abdulsalam Ibrahim and Abdullah Mohammed Hakami.
Al Batin could not rely on the presence of Turki Mohammed Al Dhafiri (injured).
Substitutions
Al Batin made only 1 change substituting Tariq Al Mutairi for Turki Mohammed Al Dhafiri (66′).
Abha – Formation
Abha
Abha started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Matheus Joseph played with: Devis Rogers Epassy Mboka, Abdullah Mohammed Al Zoari Al Dossary, Amine Atouchi, Mohammed Raji Al Kunaydiri, Uroš Matić, Saleh Mohammed Al Jamaan, Zakaria Sami Al Sudani, Riyadh Sharahili, Fahad Bin Jumayah, Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo and Saâd Bguir.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdulrahman Al Barakah, Tayeb Meziani, Saad Alselouli, Luis Jose Miquissone, Abdulfattah Mohamed Adam, Mansour Jawhar, Saeed Al Hamsal, Hassan Algeed and Sari Amro.
Substitutions
Abha made 3 changes: F. Caicedo for Abdulfattah Adam (71′), S. Bguir for T. Meziani (81′) and Saleh Al Jamaan for Luis Miquissone (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ittihad – Al Wahda – 1-0
- Al Adalh – Dhamk – 0-2
- Al Ittifaq – Al Taawon – 0-1
- Al Nassr – Al Feiha – 4-0
- Al Batin – Abha – 1-3
