Pro League: Al Raed tops Dhamk 2-1
ABHA. Al Raed bested Dhamk to win 2-1.
ABHA. Al Raed beat Dhamk to win 2-1. It was Al Raed to strike first with an early goal of Karim El Berkaoui at the 7′. Then Julio Tavarès scored again for Al Raed in the 19′ minute with a goal. Eventually, Farouk Chafaï reduced the distance for Dhamk with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Dhamk was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
El Arbi Hillel Soudani missed a decisive penalty (28′). That would have allowed Dhamk to draw the match.
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium (Abha) stadium in Abha on Thursday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 16.1 degrees Celsius or 61.05 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 45%.
Match Statistics
Dhamk was in firm control of the ball 72% while Al Raed was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Dhamk was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Al Raed was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Dhamk shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Al Raed shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Dhamk received 3 yellow cards (Adam Maher, Hassan Al-Shammrani and Abdullah Al-Ammar). Talking about the opposition, Al Raed received 3 yellow cards (Mohammed Al-Dawsari, Karim El Berkaoui and Mansour Al-Bishi).
After this match, Dhamk will stay with 18 points like Al Tai to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Al Raed will have 12 points to stay in the 11th place.
Match Events
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7'7'
Karim El Berkaoui
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19'19'
Julio Tavarès
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25'25'
Farouk Chafaï (Penalty Confirmed)
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27'27'
Mohammed Al-Dawsari
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28'28'
El Arbi Hillel Soudani
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45'45'
Adam Maher
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46'46'
Abdullah Al-Ammar
Dhari Al Anazi
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46'46'
Abdulaziz Majrashi
Rayan Al-Mousa
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51'51'
Hassan Al-Shammrani
Ibrahim Al-Nakhli
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66'66'
Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani
Abdullah Hassoun
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79'79'
Abdulaziz Makeen
Ahmad Al-Zaein
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82'82'
Farouk Chafaï
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87'87'
Karim El Berkaoui
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87'87'
Yahia Al-Shehri
Karim El Berkaoui
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90'90'
Hassan Al-Shammrani
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90'90'
Abdullah Al-Ammar
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90'90'
Mansour Al-Bishi
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90'90'
Khaled Al-Khathalan
Yahya Sobel
Next match
In the upcoming Pro League match, Dhamk will play away against Abha on the 13th of January with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Dhamk (1 draw).
Al Raed will host Al Hilal on the 10th of January with a 25-1 head to head stats in favor of Al Hilal (3 draws).
Dhamk: Formation and Lineups
Dhamk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Krešimir Režić chose to play with the following team: Moustapha Zeghba, Farouk Chafaï, Ibrahim Alnakhli, Abdullah Tarmin, Dhari Sayyar Al Anazi, Adam Maher, José Antonio Delgado Villar, Ryan Al Mousa, Hillel El Arbi Soudani, Mansour Hamzi and Ahmed Zain.
Substitutes
Dhamk made 5 changes: Rayan Al-Mousa for Abdulaziz Majrashi (46′), Dhari Al Anazi for Abdullah Al-Ammar (46′), Ibrahim Al-Nakhli for Hassan Al-Shammrani (51′), Abdullah Hassoun for Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani (66′) and Ahmad Al-Zaein for Abdulaziz Makeen (79′).
Al Raed: Formation and Lineups
Al Raed started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
On the opposite side, Marius Ninel Şumudică played with: Silviu Lung, Mohammed Abdullah Salem, Mohammed Al Doseri, Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh, Damjan Đoković, Awdh Khamis Faraj, Mohamed Fouzair, Yahya Sobel, Mansor Faiez Al Beshe, Júlio Tavares and Karim El Berkaoui.
Al Raed could not rely on the presence of Yahia Al-Shehri (injured).
Substitutes
Al Raed made 2 changes: Karim El Berkaoui for Yahia Al-Shehri (87′) and Yahya Sobel for Khaled Al-Khathalan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League
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