AL-HASA. Al Adalh bested Al Taawon to win 2-1. It was Al Adalh to strike first with an early goal of Pedro Eugénio at the 2′. Then David Tijanic scored again for Al Adalh in the 41′ minute. Eventually, Sumaihan Al-Nabit reduced the distance for Al Taawon (51′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Álvaro Medrán missed a decisive penalty (71′). That would have allowed Al Taawon to draw the match.
The match was played at the Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Al-Hasa stadium in Al-Hasa on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sultan Al-Harbi who was helped by Hesham Mohammed Al Refaei and Abdullah Al Mdadd. The 4th official was Abdulrahman Al Sultan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
Al Adalh
2 - 1
Al Taawon
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 8 Total 11
- 3 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 96 Attack 97
- 56 Dangerous attack 77
- 92 Ball safe 86
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Adalh was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Al Taawon that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Taawon was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Al Adalh managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Al Adalh shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Al Taawon shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Adalh received 3 yellow cards (Boris Godal, Fahad Al Harbi and R. Lenis). On the other side, Al Taawon didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
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After this match, Al Adalh will have 21 points to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Al Taawon will stay with 37 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Adalh will host Al Ittifaq on the 30th of May with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Al Ittifaq (0 draws).
Al Taawon will host Al Batin on the 30th of May with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Al Taawon (3 draws).
Al Adalh – Formation
Al Adalh started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Martin Ševela decided to play with the following team: Milan Mijatović, Boris Godál, Ali Al-Salem, Abdulaziz Al-Alawi, Arif Saleh Al-Haydar, Khalid Hamdi, David Tijanič, Marcus Antonsson, Pedro Miguel Pina Eugénio, Christofer Gonzáles Crespo and Reinaldo Lenis Montes.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Al Sultan, Abdulaziz Mohasen Aljamman Aldossary, Hassan Al Habaib, Ali Al Amri, Fahad Mohammed H Al Harbi, Mortada Al Barrih, Walead Al-shangeati, Abdularahman Al Hurib and Mohammed Abo Abd.
Substitutions
Al Adalh made 5 changes: Arif Al H
