Al-Sadd lost 2-1 to Al-Gharafa, in the 2022-23 QNB Stars League Round 4 game that was played on Tuesday at the Education City Stadium.
With this result, Al-Sadd suffered their second loss of the season. The team now have four points from four games, with a win, a draw and two losses.
Al-Gharafa took the lead through Ishak Belfodil’s goal in the 38th minute, and then doubled their advantage in the 55th minute, with a strike from Yacine Brahimi. Guilherme Torres scored Al-Sadd’s only goal in the 72nd minute. Al-Sadd played over an hour with only ten men, after Rodrigo Tabata was sent off in the 29th minute.
MATCH DETAILS
Al Sadd x Al Gharafa (QNB Star League Round 4)
Venue:
Education City Stadium
Lineups:
Al-Sadd: Jehad Mohammed, Jung Woo-young, Baghdad Bounedjah, Rodrigo Tabata, Abdullah Al-Yazidi (Hashim Ali), Guilherme Torres, Andre Ayew, Santi Cazorla, Bahaa Al-Laithi, Abdulrahman Bakri (Talal Behzad), Ahmed Al-Saeed (Hassan Ahmed)
Al-Gharafa: Qassem Burhan, Nasser Al-Ahrak, Almahdi Ali, Yacine Brahimi, Farid Boulaya, Abdullah Youssef, Amro Siraj, Islom Tukhtakhujaev, Seifeldeen Fadlallah, Mahdi Tahrat, Ishak Belfodil
Result:
Al-Gharafa won 2-1
Goals:
Ishak Belfodil 38′
Yacine Brahimi 55′
Guilherme Torres 72′
Bookings:
Baghdad Bounedjah 13′
Rodrigo Tabata 29′ (red card)
Amro Siraj 41′
Islom Tukhtakhujaev 50′
Andri Syahputra 75′
Andre Ayew 84′
Referees:
Saoud Al-Athba (referee)
Juma Al-Borshid (assistant 1)
Yousef Al-Shammri (assistant 2)
Mohammed Al-Obaidly (fourth referee)
