Al-Ettifaq 0:3 Al Diriyah: Pro League Match Result

Match report

Al-Dir'iya beat Al-Ettifaq 3-0 on Friday evening at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium. The visitors took all three points in the Pro-League's Regular Season round four. It was a straightforward victory that left the hosts in ninth place with six points from four games.

Darwin Nunez opened the scoring early, finding the net in the eighth minute. Al-Ettifaq's Khalid Al Asiri picked up a yellow card in the twenty-sixth before Al-Dir'iya pushed further ahead. Adil Boulbina doubled the lead in the fifty-third minute, and Nunez sealed the win with his second in the eighty-first.

Al-Ettifaq made several changes during the match, bringing on Turky Wadi in the fifty-eighth minute. By then the result was no longer in doubt, and the hosts turned to fresh legs in search of something to show for their possession. Al Asiri came off in the fifty-ninth, replaced by Al Alaeli in the seventy-third.

The statistics told a different story from the scoreline. Al-Ettifaq held 54 per cent of the ball and registered 58 attacks, yet their expected goals of 1.27 contrasted sharply with Al-Dir'iya's 2.28. The hosts created only two big chances while the visitors made four, and Al-Dir'iya's seven shots on target produced three goals.

Al-Dir'iya moved up to fifth place with seven points, one ahead of the hosts after the same number of matches. The victory extended their unbeaten run to three games, though they had already dropped points against Al-Hulood. Al-Ettifaq's four-game sequence of two wins and two losses continued unchanged.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 54 – 46

Shots on target 7 – 7

Shots off target 7 – 6

Expected goals 1.27 – 2.28

⚽ 8' D. Nunez — Goal 🟨 26' K. Al Asiri — Yellow card ⇄ 27' R. Al Otaibi — Substitution 🟨 49' M. Al Sibyani — Yellow card ⚽ 53' A. Boulbina — Goal ⇄ 54' Y. Al Shammari — Substitution ⇄ 54' J. Larsson — Substitution ⇄ 58' T. Wadi — Substitution ⇄ 59' K. Al Asiri — Substitution ⇄ 59' A. Boulbina — Substitution ⇄ 72' B. Celina — Substitution ⇄ 73' M. Al Alaeli — Substitution ⚽ 81' D. Nunez — Goal ⇄ 82' O. Rodriguez — Substitution ⇄ 89' D. Nunez — Substitution

Match events

8' 0:1 Al Diriyah Goal D. Nunez assist: O. Rodriguez
26' 0:1 Al Diriyah Yellow card K. Al Asiri
27' 0:1 Al-Ettifaq Substitution R. Al Otaibi off: M. Al Sibyani
49' 0:1 Al-Ettifaq Yellow card M. Al Sibyani
53' 0:2 Al Diriyah Goal A. Boulbina assist: O. Rodriguez
54' 0:2 Al-Ettifaq Substitution Y. Al Shammari off: K. Al Ghannam
54' 0:2 Al-Ettifaq Substitution J. Larsson off: R. Messi
58' 0:2 Al Diriyah Substitution T. Wadi off: A. Al Faraj
59' 0:2 Al Diriyah Substitution K. Al Asiri off: M. Hameran
59' 0:2 Al Diriyah Substitution A. Boulbina off: H. Bahebri
72' 0:2 Al-Ettifaq Substitution B. Celina off: F. Al Ghamdi
73' 0:2 Al-Ettifaq Substitution M. Al Alaeli off: Abdullah Al Bishi
81' 0:3 Al Diriyah Goal D. Nunez assist: C. Diandy
82' 0:3 Al Diriyah Substitution O. Rodriguez off: M. Al Nemer
89' 0:3 Al Diriyah Substitution D. Nunez off: A. Al Malki

Statistics

54 Possession, % 46

7 Shots on target 7

7 Shots off target 6

1.27 Expected goals 2.28

2 Big chances 4

58 Attacks 33

6 Corners 6

7 Fouls 7

7 Free kicks 7

1 Offsides 6

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 11

9 Throw-ins 9

All statistics

10/1471% Aerial duels 4/1429%

52 Backward passes 58

3 Blocked shots 3

14 Clearances 17

6/2030% Crosses 1/911%

7/1354% Dribbles 7/1450%

1.70 Expected assists 0.92

44 Failed passes 50

4 Goalkeeper saves 7

6 Interceptions 10

15 Key passes 11

21/2875% Long passes 23/4551%

145 Passes into the final third 47

326 Passes in the opposition half 136

122 Passes in own half 238

0.41 Shot accuracy 0.44

2 Shots from outside the box 5

15 Shots inside the box 11

5/1145% Tackles 4/1233%

428 Total passes 365

Line-ups

Al-Ettifaq

Starting XI
#	Player	number
92	Turki Ba Al-Jawsh	92
4	Jack William Hendry	4
13	Meshal Al-Ali	13
61	Radhi Al Otaibi	61
70	Abdullah Ahmed Hassan Khateeb	70
10	Álvaro Medrán Just	10
11	Ondrej Duda	11
17	Carl Henrik Jordan Larsson	17
43	Bersant Celina	43
58	Yasser Shammari	58
9	Moussa Dembélé	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
22	A. Hawsawi	22
3	Abdullah Madu	3
87	M. Al Sibyani	87
6	Faris Al-Ghamdi	6
7	Khalid Essa Muhammad Al Ghannam	7
15	Abdullah Al Bishi	15
71	Matija Gluščević	71
80	R. Messi	80

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Al Diriyah

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Nikola Vasilj	22
12	T. Wadi	12
78	Khalid Al-Asiri	78
87	Qassem Mohammed Ali Lajami	87
99	Chancel Mbemba	99
5	Idrissa Gana Gueye	5
14	Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz	14
17	S. Diandi	17
20	Enzo Camille Alain Millot	20
10	Adil Boulbina	10
29	Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
33	Waleed Abdullah Nasser Ali	33
2	A. Al-Faridj	2
21	M. Hameran	21
6	Sultan Al Farhan	6
52	Hussain Massoud Al Monassar Al Qahtani	52
88	Abdulelah Saad Hamid Al Wahbi Al Malki	88
11	Hattan Sultan Ahmed Bahbri	11
32	Abdullah Al Zaid	32
75	Meshari Fahad Al-Nemer	75

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Match prediction: Al-Ettifaq — Al Diriyah

Win: Al-Ettifaq

Confidence 42%

Reasoning

Аль-Эттифак — 6. place, 6 points after 3 games (2 wins, 1 losses)
Аль-Диръия — 9. place, 4 points after 3 games (1 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses)
Аль-Эттифак, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
Аль-Диръия, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses

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Al-Ettifaq

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Al Diriyah

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Al-Hilal Saudi	7	6	0	1	18
2	Al-Ittihad FC	7	5	2	0	17
3	Al-Nassr	7	5	1	1	16
4	Al-Qadisiyah	7	5	1	1	16
5	Al Suqoor	7	5	0	2	15
6	Al-Ahli Saudi	7	4	0	3	12
7	Al Kholood	7	3	3	1	12
8	Al Diriyah	7	3	2	2	11
9	Al-Ettifaq	7	3	2	2	11
10	Al-Hazem	7	2	2	3	8

Al-Ettifaq — Al Diriyah, Pro League

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Match prediction: Al-Ettifaq — Al Diriyah

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