Al-Sadd defeat Al-Ahli 2-1, top the table temporarily

Goals from Baghdad Bounedjah and Hassan Al-Haydos helped Al-Sadd clinch a 2-1 victory over Al-Ahli in Round 7 of the QNB Stars League on Thursday at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium.

The win increased Al-Sadd’s points tally to 18 in 7 games and took the team to the top of the table temporarily.

Algerian forward Bounedjah gave the Wolves a great start when he scored in the 7th minute, after finishing off a pass from Hassan Al-Haydos.

Al-Sadd went on to dominate the game after taking the lead and in the 18th minute, they doubled their advantage.

After Musab Kheder played in a cross from the right, the Al-Ahli defenders failed to clear the ball properly and it fell at the feet of Al-Haydos. The Al-Sadd captain took a touch before sending a powerful shot that went in past the keeper.

In the 29th minute, Hassan Ahmed had an opportunity to make it 3-0 to Al-Sadd. Following Al-Ahli keeper Yazan Naim’s save off Yasser Abubakar, Hassan tried to head in the rebound but it went over the crossbar.

Al-Sadd had more chances to score but the half went on to end with them carrying a 2-0 lead.

The second half began with Al-Sadd picking up from where they left off. Bounedjah was sent through by Al-Haydos in the 54th minute, but the Algerian’s shot went wide of the right post.

Al-Sadd’s first substitution came in the 70th minute as Saoud Al-Nasr replaced Hassan Ahmed. Al-Ahli then went on to make attempts to score, especially after the introduction of Majed Mohammed from the bench.

Meshaal Al-Shammari then came on for Ali Asad in the 82nd minute and had a chance to score almost immediately. However, his shot from outside the box went just inches wide of the right post.

Al-Ahli finally got a goal at the very end when their captain Meshaal Abdullah controlled a long ball before finishing past Saad Al-Dosari. The match thus went on to end 2-1 to Al-Sadd.

MATCH DETAILS

Al-Sadd x Al-Ahli

Venue:

Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

Lineups:

Al-Sadd: Saad Al-Dosari, Morteza Pouraliganji, Salem Al-Hajri, Fahad Shanin, Musab Kheder, Ahmed Bader Sayyar, Ali Asad (Meshaal Al-Shammari), Yasser Abubakar, Hassan Al-Haydos, Baghdad Bounedjah, Hassan Ahmed (Saoud Al-Nasr)

Al-Ahli: Yazan Naim, Meshaal Mubarak (Khalil Sharif), Mohsen Al Yazidi, Fadhel Omar (Majed Mohammed), Ali Qaderi, Meshaal Abdullah, Mohammed Abdullah, Hadi Al Masri, Fareed Ibrahim (Cristian Nazareth), Simao Mate, Johan Benson

Result:

Al-Sadd won 2-1

Goals:

Baghdad Bounedjah 7′

Hassan Al-Haydos 18′

Meshaal Abdulla 90′
Bookings:

Referees:

Khamis Al-Kuwari (Main referee)
Saoud Ahmed (Linesman)
Khalid Ayed (Linesman)
Hamad Al Ejji (Fourth official)
Abdulhadi Al Ruwaili (Additional referee)
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Additional referees)