DOHA. Al Wakrah conquered Al Rayyan. Al Rayyan was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 36.39 degrees Celsius or 97.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.
Match Statistics
Al Wakrah
3 - 2
Al Rayyan
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 19 Total 14
- 7 On Target 6
- 9 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 78 Attack 86
- 35 Dangerous attack 42
- 63 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 18 Total 15
- 4 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Rayyan had a strong ball possession 61% while Al Wakrah was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Rayyan was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Al Wakrah was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Wakrah shot 19 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Rayyan shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Wakrah received 3 yellow cards (Almahdi Ali, Khalid Muneer and Saoud Mubarak). On the other side, Al Rayyan didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this match, Al Wakrah will have 11 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Al Rayyan will stay with 12 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Wakrah will host Umm Salal on the 28th of October with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Umm Salal (10 draws).
Al Rayyan will play away agasint Umm Salal on the 21st of October with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Al Rayyan (17 draws).
Al Wakrah – Formation
Al Wakrah started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bartolomé Márquez López decided to play with the following team: Saoud Mubarak
, Trent Sainsbury , Almahdi Ali , Lucas Mendes , Hazem Shehata , Hamdi Fathi , Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud , Omar Salah Alosad , Ayoub Assal , Gelson Dala and Mohamed Benyettou .The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Bakri, Khald Youssef Shurrab, Ahmed Fadel
, Rabh Boussafi, Omar Ali, Ibrahim Elsadig , Nasser Al Yazidi, Khalid Muneer , Nabil Irfan, Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib and Yousef Mohammed Ramadan.Al Wakrah could not rely on the presence of Ahmed Fadel (injured) and Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib (injured).
Substitutions
Al Wakrah made 4 changes: Omar Salah Alosad for Khalid Muneer (46′), Ahmed Abdelmaqsoud for Ahmed Fadel (51′), Lucas Mendes for Yousef Tarek Al-Khatib (76′) and Gelson Dala for Ibrahim Elsadig (89′).
Best player: Mohamed Benyettou
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Wakrah was Mohamed Benyettou.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 24. He performed 1 cross.