Premier League: Al Duhail prevails over Al Gharafa 3-0
DOHA. Al Duhail was in the end too much to handle for Al Gharafa.
DOHA. Al Duhail was eventually too much to handle for Al Gharafa with the goal of Ferjani Sassi (31′), Bassam Al-Rawi (48′) and Nam Tae-Hee (90′).
The match was played at the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium stadium in Doha on Wednesday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Saoud Al Athbah with the collaboration of Juma Mohammed Al Burshaid and Majid Hudaires Al-Shammari. The 4th official was Mohammed Ahmed Al-Sherif. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 21 degrees Celsius or 69.78 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Al Duhail was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Al Gharafa that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Al Duhail was more aggressive with 87 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Al Duhail won the match.
Al Duhail shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Gharafa shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Duhail received 4 yellow cards (Bassam Al-Rawi, Sultan Al-Braik, Ferjani Sassi and Michael Olunga). Talking about the opposition, Al Gharafa received 2 yellow cards (Abdalla Yousif and Mostafa Essam Qadeera).
After this match, Al Duhail will have 14 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Al Gharafa will stay with 12 points to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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17'17'
Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi
Ruben Semedo
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20'20'
Abdalla Yousif
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23'23'
Bassam Al-Rawi
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28'28'
Sultan Al-Braik
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31'31'
Ferjani Sassi
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48'48'
Bassam Al-Rawi
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50'50'
Mostafa Essam Qadeera
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55'55'
Ferjani Sassi
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62'62'
Michael Olunga
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63'63'
Othman Alawi
Ahmed Alganehi
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63'63'
Ayoub Al Oui
Almahdi Ali
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71'71'
Abdullah Ali Saei
Mostafa Essam Qadeera
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82'82'
Lotfi Majed
Suhaib Gannan
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84'84'
Yousef Saaed Ahmed
Abdalla Yousif
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84'84'
Yousef Saaed Ahmed
Abdalla Yousif
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90'90'
Rabh Boussafi
Michael Olunga
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90'90'
Nam Tae-Hee
Ferjani Sassi
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90'90'
Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa
Almoez Ali
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Al Duhail will host Umm Salal on the 11th of January with a 16-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Duhail (5 draws).
Al Gharafa will play away with Qatar SC on the 11th of January with a 13-13 head to head stats.
Al Duhail: Formation and Lineups
The manager Hernán Jorge Crespo chose to play with the following team: Salah Zakaria Hassan, Rúben Afonso Borges Semedo, Sultan Hussain Al-Braik, Bassam Hisham Al Rawi, Yousef Ayman Hafez, Tae-Hee Nam, Ferjani Sassi, Khalid Mohammed, Suhaib Gannan, Michael Olunga Ogada and Almoez Ali Zainalabiddin Abdulla.
Al Duhail could not rely on the presence of Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi (injured).
Substitutes
Al Duhail made 4 changes: Ruben Semedo for Mohammed Khaled Al-Naumi (17′), Suhaib Gannan for Lotfi Majed (82′), Michael Olunga for Rabh Boussafi (90′) and Almoez Ali for Abdulrahman Fahmi Moustafa (90′).
Al Gharafa: Formation and Lineups
On the opposite side, Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Yousef Hassan Mohamed Ali, Islom Tukhtakhujaev, Almahdi Ali Mukhtar, Mehdi Jean Tahrat, Mostafa Essam Qadeera, Farid Boulaya, Ahmed Alganehi, A. Yousif, Saifeldeen Fadlalla, Yacine Brahimi and Ishak Belfodil.
Substitutes
Al Gharafa made 5 changes: Ahmed Alganehi for Othman Alawi (63′), Almahdi Ali for Ayoub Al Oui (63′), Mostafa Essam Qadeera for Abdullah Ali Saei (71′), Abdalla Yousif for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (84′) and Abdalla Yousif for Yousef Saaed Ahmed (84′).
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