Al Zulfi

Match report

Az-Zulfi beat Al-Raid 4-0 in the First Division League regular season on Saturday, a result that leaves the hosts second and the visitors eleventh after six matches. We had given Al-Raid the edge at 48 per cent confidence, but the game went the other way entirely.

M. Madani opened the scoring in the fifth minute, then D. Diallo doubled the lead before half-time with strikes in the fortieth and forty-fifth-plus-one. By then Az-Zulfi had already settled into a rhythm that Al-Raid never quite found. The visitors were told to press high, but they never got out of second gear.

Al-Raid dominated possession at 65 per cent and registered 94 attacks, yet only three shots found the target. Az-Zulfi, with 35 per cent of the ball, hit seven shots on target and converted four. And here's the thing — efficiency matters more than territory when you're not creating clear chances.

K. Narey received the first yellow card in the twenty-fifth minute, M. Al Dawsari followed in the fifty-second, and B. Fallatah was cautioned in the eighty-first. Substitutions came thick and fast after the break, with O. Shami, H. Al Shammari, M. Madani, D. Bregu, K. Narey, D. Diallo, A. Abu Shaheen and Ricardo Ryller all entering the field.

For Az-Zulfi this extends a run of unbroken results — two wins and four draws across six games. Al-Raid's third defeat in six matches means they are now seven points off the top half, and they need the points badly.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 35 – 65

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 2 – 7

Attacks 85 – 94

⚽ 5' M. Madani — Goal 🟨 25' K. Narey — Yellow card ⚽ 40' D. Diallo — Goal ⚽ 45+1' D. Diallo — Goal ⇄ 46' O. Shami — Substitution 🟨 52' M. Al Dawsari — Yellow card ⇄ 62' H. Al Shammari — Substitution ⚽ 65' D. Bregu — Goal ⇄ 78' M. Madani — Substitution ⇄ 78' D. Bregu — Substitution 🟨 81' B. Fallatah — Yellow card ⇄ 82' K. Narey — Substitution ⇄ 84' D. Diallo — Substitution ⇄ 87' A. Abu Shaheen — Substitution ⇄ 87' Ricardo Ryller — Substitution

Match events

5' 1:0 Al Zulfi Goal M. Madani assist: D. Diallo
25' 1:0 Al-Raed Yellow card K. Narey
40' 2:0 Al Zulfi Goal D. Diallo assist: D. Bregu
45+1' 3:0 Al Zulfi Goal D. Diallo assist: M. Al Zahrani
46' 3:0 Al-Raed Substitution O. Shami off: M. Kone
52' 3:0 Al-Raed Yellow card M. Al Dawsari
62' 3:0 Al-Raed Substitution H. Al Shammari off: M. Al Oufi
65' 4:0 Al Zulfi Goal D. Bregu assist: A. Al Shereid
78' 4:0 Al Zulfi Substitution M. Madani off: T. Al Jumah
78' 4:0 Al Zulfi Substitution D. Bregu off: B. Fallatah
81' 4:0 Al Zulfi Yellow card B. Fallatah
82' 4:0 Al-Raed Substitution K. Narey off: M. Al Sufyani
84' 4:0 Al Zulfi Substitution D. Diallo off: N. Bouamer
87' 4:0 Al Zulfi Substitution A. Abu Shaheen off: M. Baker
87' 4:0 Al Zulfi Substitution Ricardo Ryller off: A. Al Anzy

Statistics

35 Possession, % 65

7 Shots on target 3

2 Shots off target 7

85 Attacks 94

1 Corners 3

8 Free kicks 14

0 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

16 Goal kicks 3

18 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

4 Blocked shots 1

0.54 Shot accuracy 0.27

Match prediction: Al Zulfi — Al-Raed

Win: Al-Raed

Confidence 48%

Reasoning

Аз-Зулфи — 7. place, 7 points after 5 games (1 wins, 4 draws, 0 losses)
Ар-Раед — 8. place, 7 points after 5 games (2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses)
Аз-Зулфи, last 5 games: 1 wins, 4 draws, 0 losses
Ар-Раед, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 2 games, Аз-Зулфи — 1, 1 draws, Ар-Раед — 0

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