JEDDAH. Al Ittihad conquers Al Wahda 1-0 after A. Hegazy scored just 1 goal (80′).

Al Ittihad remained in 10 after Abdulrahman Al Obud received a double yellow card in the 45′. Still, Al Ittihad still managed to win this match competing only in 10​. On the other side, also G. Rodrigues received a red card (85′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Al Wahda lost the match.

The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu with the assistance of Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe and Mircea Mihail Grigoriu. The 4th official was Mohammed Salem Al-Daqqash. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 29.9 degrees Celsius or 85.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Al Wahda that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Wahda was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Al Ittihad managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Ittihad shot 10 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Wahda shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad received 2 yellow cards (Abdulrahman Al Obud and Tarek Hamed). Talking about the opposition, Al Wahda received 2 yellow cards (Botía and Yahya Naji).

Abdulrahman Al Obud (Al Ittihad) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

Also, Al Wahda didn’t finish the match with 11 players after G. Rodrigues (Al Wahda) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (85′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Al Ittihad will have 18 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Al Wahda will stay with 7 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ittihad will play away with Al Tai on the 2nd of February with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittihad (0 draws).

Al Wahda will play away agasint Al Feiha on the 2nd of February with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Al Ittihad – Formation

Al Ittihad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazi, Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi, Madallah Alolayan, Ahmed Bamsaud, Tarek Hamed, Igor Coronado, Romário Ricardo da Silva, Hélder Wander Sousa Azevedo Costa, Abderrazak Hamdallah and Abdulrahman Al Obod.

The home team had on the bench: Awad Haidar Al Nashri, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Abdullah Al Jadani, Mohammed Al Saiari, Sultan Al Sulayi, Marwan Al Sahafi, Suwailem Al Menhali, Haroune Camara and Noureldean Elbahhar.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad made 2 changes: Hélder Costa for Zakaria Al Hawsawi (66′) and Romarinho for Awad Al Nashri (83′).

Al Wahda – Formation

Al Wahda started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Bruno Akrapović played with: Munir Mohand Mohamedi, Alberto Botía Rabasco, Abdullah Fareed Al Hafith, Hamad Sulaiman Al Jayzani, Abdulelah Abdulaziz Al Bukhari, Fayçal Fajr, Waleed Rashid Bakshween, Anselmo De Moraes, Hussain Ahmed Al Issa, Jean-David Beauguel and Gerson Leal Rodrigues Gouveia.

These were the players on the bench: Abdulquddus Atiah, Islam Ahmed Hawsawi, Noor Al-Rashidi, Ali Abdulqader Makki, Mohammed Al Qarni, Yahya Mahdi Naji, Amiri Kurdi, Abdul Rahman Fetais Al Hajri and Abdoul Karim Yoda.

Al Wahda could not rely on the presence of K. Yoda (injured).

Substitutions

Al Wahda made 5 changes: J. Beauguel for K. Yoda (16′), Abdulelah Al Bukhari for Islam Hawsawi (46′), Hussain Al Eisa for Yahya Naji (68′), Hamad Al Jayzani for Amiri Kurdi (88′) and Waleed Bakshween for Abdul Rahman Al Hajri (88′).

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