DAMMAM (Interstat) — Al Sadd and Al-Qadsiah played to a 1-1 draw Monday at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, with Akram Afif giving the visitors a late lead and Julian Quinones answering for the hosts. The result leaves Al Sadd with 0 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in this competition and 1 win, 3 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. Al-Qadsiah is now 0 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws in the competition and 3 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws overall.

Afif played the full 90 minutes for Al Sadd and scored his side’s goal. Quinones also played the full 90 for Al-Qadsiah and scored the equalizer. Mohamed Camara played the full match for Al Sadd, recorded an assist and received a yellow card. Christopher Baah, who played 35 minutes for Al-Qadsiah, supplied the assist on Quinones’ goal. Those plays shaped a match that remained scoreless for more than an hour before the late goals arrived.

Neither side broke through in the first half. Camara was booked in the 43rd minute, and Al Sadd’s Paulo Otavio was cautioned in first-half stoppage time at 45+4. Al Sadd made a halftime change with Ali H. entering at the 46th minute. Al-Qadsiah made two changes in the 55th minute, with Al Qahtani M. and Sani S. coming on. Al Sadd’s Abdurisag Y. followed at the 61st minute, and Al-Qadsiah’s Al Siyahi A. entered at the 67th minute. Al-Qadsiah’s Abu Al Shamat M. was booked in the 59th minute and was substituted in the 68th. Al Sadd’s Paulo Otavio was replaced in the 75th minute, and Roberto Firmino came on for Al Sadd in the 79th minute.

The opening goal came in the 74th minute when Afif scored for Al Sadd, with Camara providing the assist. Al-Qadsiah responded in the 84th minute when Quinones scored, assisted by Baah. Al Sadd’s Meshaal M. was booked in the 84th minute. Al-Qadsiah’s Alvarez G. received a yellow card in the 90th minute, and Al Juwayr M. was booked in the 90th minute of stoppage time at 90+3. The late equalizer prevented Al Sadd from turning its first goal into a win and allowed Al-Qadsiah to take a point from the match.

The match produced six yellow cards and eight substitutions. Al Sadd was shown three yellow cards and made four changes. Al-Qadsiah was shown three yellow cards and made four changes. The first goal came in the 74th minute, and the equalizer arrived 10 minutes later. Al Sadd’s Camara was booked before halftime and later provided the assist on Afif’s goal. The late cards to Alvarez and Al Juwayr came after Quinones’ equalizer, while Meshaal’s card came in the same minute as the Al-Qadsiah goal. Al Sadd’s Paulo Otavio was also booked before the break and was replaced in the 75th minute. Al-Qadsiah’s Abu Al Shamat was booked in the 59th minute and substituted in the 68th. Al-Qadsiah remained unbeaten in the competition.

Al Sadd entered the match after a 4-0 win at Al-Shahaniya, a 3-2 loss to Al-Duhail, a 2-0 loss to Al Hilal and a 3-2 loss to Al Arabi. Al-Qadsiah entered after a 3-2 loss to Al Hilal, a 1-0 win at Al Taawon, a 2-1 win at Abha, a 1-1 draw at Pakhtakor and a 5-0 win at Al Kholood.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Al-Qadsiah 3, Al Sadd 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Al-Qadsiah with a 95.5 percent probability to win. Al-Qadsiah had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.75. The total score of 2 went over the over-under line of 3.5.