Al-Wasl FC vs Al-Ahli Jeddah 1-3

Al-Ahli Jeddah came from a goal behind to beat Al-Wasl FC 3-1 at Zabeel Stadium, with the visitors’ late strike confirming a result that had swung after the break.

Roger Ibañez put Al-Ahli ahead in the 20th minute from Francisco Trincão’s assist, before Al-Wasl were handed a scare when Adryelson Shawann Lima Silva was booked on 40 minutes and then had the card upgrade cancelled by VAR on 41 minutes. He was replaced on 45 minutes, and Pedro Jorge Gonçalves Malheiro levelled in first-half stoppage time, three minutes in, from Adryelson’s assist, making it 1-1 at the break.

Trincão restored Al-Ahli’s lead on 58 minutes, and the visitors then changed the game with three substitutions across 59 minutes and 68 minutes before making two more on 75 minutes. Al-Wasl also made two changes on 59 minutes, with Cameron Puertas and Leandro Spadacio leite coming on, and later sent on Renato Barbosa dos Santos Júnior on 68 minutes and Matheus Saldanha on 79 minutes, but they could not find another equaliser. Firas Al-Buraikan, who came on in the 59th minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time from Merih Demiral’s assist for 3-1.

The numbers showed Al-Wasl had 63% of the ball, 441 passes and 6 corners, compared with Al-Ahli’s 37%, 261 passes and 3 corners, while the home side also had more shots, 15 to 10. Al-Ahli, though, had 4 shots on target to Al-Wasl’s 2, a higher xG at 1.38 to 0.97, and both sides finished with 1 save apiece.

Al-Wasl were booked twice, with Adryelson Shawann Lima Silva cautioned on 40 minutes and Cameron Puertas on 90 minutes. Al-Ahli’s only yellow card went to Makaya Ibrahima Diaby on 83 minutes.