BURAYDAH. Al Ittifaq was able to turn the tables against Al Raed to win 2-1. It was Al Raed to strike first with a penalty of Mohammed Fouzair at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Sanousi Al Hawsawi gave the win to Al Ittifaq in the 90′ minute.
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Friday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh with the help of Esaa Khibariy and Adel Sharhilli. The 4th official was Mohammed Al Esmaiel. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.3 degrees Celsius or 86.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.
Match Statistics
Al Raed
1 - 2
Al Ittifaq
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 10 Total 10
- 3 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 86 Attack 108
- 40 Dangerous attack 45
- 96 Ball safe 88
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Al Raed was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Al Ittifaq that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittifaq had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittifaq won the match.
Al Raed shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittifaq shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 1 yellow card (Nayef Hazazi). Regarding the opposition, Al Ittifaq received 2 yellow cards (Robin Quaison and Saeed Al Muwallad).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After playing this match, Al Raed will stay with 21 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Al Ittifaq will have 22 points like Dhamk and Abha to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will host Dhamk on the 14th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Ittifaq will play away agasint Al Adalh on the 30th of May with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Al Ittifaq (0 draws).
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
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, Sultan Farhan, Yahya Sobel, Júlio Tavares and Alexandru Ionuț Mitriță.
The home team had on the bench: Mansor Faiez Al Beshe, Karim El Berkaoui, Naif Hazazi, Abdulmalek Al Shammary, Abdulaziz Al Jebreen, Abdullah Saad Al Shaflut, Rayed Al Ghamdi, Ahmad Ali Al Harbi and Yehya Sulaiman Al Shehri.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 4 changes: Yahya Sobel for Karim Berkaoui (58′), Alexandru Mitrita for Abdulmalek Al Shammary (58′), Damjan Djokovic for Naif Hazazi (85′) and Abdullah Al-Fahad for Rayed Al Ghamdi (89′).
