Al Shabab vs Al-Faisaly FC 2-2

Al Shabab and Al-Faisaly FC drew 2-2 after a match that swung back and forth in the second half. Josh Brownhill scored twice for Al Shabab, and Alexandre Mendy equalised late for the visitors.

Al Shabab led after 7 minutes when Brownhill opened the scoring. He made it 2-0 on 30 minutes from Roger Martínez’s assist, before Andrei Girotto pulled one back for Al-Faisaly FC on 38 minutes from Jaime Seoane’s pass. It was 2-1 at half-time.

The visitors changed at the break, with Christian Bassogog replacing Jaime Seoane, and Al Shabab also altered their side, sending on Awad Haidar Amer Al Nashri for Daniel Podence. Al-Faisaly FC then made two changes on 64 minutes and another two later, while Al Shabab used further substitutes on 76 minutes. Al-Faisaly FC found the equaliser on 79 minutes when Mendy scored from Abdulrahman Al Shereaf’s assist, with Al Shereaf having come on in the 74th minute.

The numbers were close. Al-Faisaly FC had 52% of the possession to Al Shabab’s 48%, while Al Shabab had more shots, 17 to 10, and more on target, 7 to 4. They also led the corners 6-3, while Al-Faisaly FC had 392 passes to 368, 5 saves to 2, and both sides were caught offside once. The expected goals were 1.26 for Al Shabab and 1.08 for Al-Faisaly FC.

Al Shabab picked up three yellow cards, for Tin Jedvaj in first-half stoppage time, Dhari Sayyar Al Anazi on 54 minutes and Awad Haidar Amer Al Nashri on 57 minutes. Al-Faisaly FC had two bookings, for Abdullah Al-Mogren on 58 minutes and Mohammed Jahfali in the 90th minute plus six.