Al-Fateh vs Al Shabab 1-3

Al Shabab won 3-1 at Al-Fateh, with Ali Al-Bulaihi scoring twice and the visitors taking control with two first-half goals before adding a third after the interval. Al-Fateh were left chasing the game from the 17th minute and finished with 10 men after Ziyad Maher Al Jari was sent off in the 75th minute.

Al Shabab went ahead in the 17th minute when Ricardo Mathias scored from Roger Martínez’s assist for 1-0. Ali Al-Bulaihi doubled the lead in the 31st minute, and Al-Fateh pulled one back in the 40th minute through Lukáš Haraslín, set up by Wilfried Kanga. That left it 2-1 at half-time.

The visitors restored a two-goal cushion in the 54th minute when Al-Bulaihi struck again, this time from Yacine Adli’s assist, to make it 3-1. Al-Fateh used their two changes together in the 66th minute, while Al Shabab also made a string of substitutions in the second half, with Daniel Podence among those replaced in the 72nd minute. A VAR check in the 71st minute confirmed a card upgrade for Ziyad Maher Al Jari, who was then booked in the 72nd minute before seeing red in the 75th minute.

Al Shabab had 60% of the possession, made 440 passes to Al-Fateh’s 285 and produced more shots, 25 to 16, with 10 on target to three. The hosts had more corners, 8-7, while Al Shabab finished with stronger numbers in front of goal, as shown by the 3.43 xG to 1.07 and the 7 saves forced from Al-Fateh’s goalkeeper.

Ali Al-Bulaihi and Daniel Podence were booked for Al Shabab, while Ziyad Maher Al Jari was shown a yellow card before his red card.