Al-Gharafa vs Al-Qadisiyah FC 0-5

Al-Qadisiyah FC won 5-0 at Thani bin Jassim Stadium, with Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat, Julián Quiñones, Yasir Al-Shahrani and Mohammed Hamad Al-Qahtani among the scorers. The match was effectively decided before half-time, when Al-Gharafa were already four goals down.

Abu Al-Shamat opened the scoring in the 17th minute from Julián Quiñones’ assist, Quiñones made it 2-0 on 26 minutes from Christopher Bonsu Baah’s pass, and Al-Shahrani added the third in the 43rd minute after Abdullah Al-Salem’s assist. Quiñones then scored again in the 45th minute from Tijjani Reijnders’ pass, his second of the match, to make it 4-0 at the break.

Al-Gharafa made three changes on 45 minutes, but Al-Qadisiyah FC controlled the second half as well and added a fifth in the 81st minute. Mohammed Hamad Al-Qahtani, who came on in the 62nd minute, scored from Mahamadou Sangaré’s assist, with both players having been introduced in the same substitution window. Al-Qadisiyah FC made three changes on 62 minutes and two more on 73 minutes, while Al-Gharafa made another change on 84 minutes, but the scoreline did not move again after Al-Qahtani’s finish.

The numbers told the same story. Al-Qadisiyah FC had 72% of the possession, 721 passes to Al-Gharafa’s 280, 16 shots to 5, and 5 shots on target to 1. They also led 7 corners to 1 and finished with an xG of 2.72 to 0.6, while Al-Gharafa had 14 fouls to 5 and 1 offside to 0.

Al-Gharafa were booked three times, with Fabricio Díaz shown yellow on 70 minutes, Mason Holgate on 85 minutes and Saifeldeen Fadlalla on 86 minutes. Al-Qadisiyah FC had no bookings.