MAHALAH. Al Ittifaq conquers Abha 3-1. Al Ittifaq was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Moussa Dembélé (58′), Robin Quaison (75′) and Hamed Alghamdi (82′). Abha reduced the distance with a penalty (90′ + 8′) by Karl Toko Ekambi, but there was not much to do for them. Al Ittifaq was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Mahalah on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulrahman Al Sultan with the support of Moayad Al Musajjen and Mohammed Almatrodi. The 4th official was Raed Al Zahrani. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 28.73 degrees Celsius or 83.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 19%.
Match Statistics
Abha
1 - 3
Al Ittifaq
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 11 Total 9
- 4 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 64 Attack 94
- 33 Dangerous attack 42
- 75 Ball safe 83
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 5 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ittifaq was in firm control of the ball 62% while Abha was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittifaq was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittifaq won the match.
Abha shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittifaq shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Abha received 2 yellow cards (François Kamano and Mohammed Naji). On the other side, Al Ittifaq received 1 yellow card (Hamdan Al-Shamrani).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this match, Abha will stay with 6 points like Al Feiha to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Al Ittifaq will have 13 points like Al Taawon to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will play away with Al Ahli Jeddah on the 15th of May with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Al Ahli Jeddah (4 draws).
Al Ittifaq will host Al Wahda on the 24th of April with a 11-9 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittifaq (4 draws).
