Al-Qadsiah 3-1 Al Faisaly result, stats and report

Al-Qadsiah 3-1 Al Faisaly. Write it down. Read it back. That scoreline is not flattering to the home side. If anything, it is generous to the visitors.

This was a performance that told you everything you need to know about where these two clubs are right now. Al-Qadsiah competed. Al Faisaly did not. End of.

The Basics Done Right

The thing is, Al-Qadsiah did not need to do anything clever here. They just needed to be better than Al Faisaly in every department. They were. Seventeen shots to five. Nine on target to two. Fifty-seven per cent possession. Ninety per cent pass completion. Six big chances created to Al Faisaly's one. The home side were dominant in every area that matters on a football pitch.

Al Faisaly had seven saves to make in this match. Their goalkeeper was their best player. That tells its own story. Al-Qadsiah's goalkeeper was called upon once. Once. That is the kind of afternoon where you keep your gloves clean and your concentration sharp. Simple.

Al-Qadsiah came into this match with four wins from their last five in the Saudi Pro League. Twelve goals scored, three conceded across that sample. That is a team with desire and standards. Al Faisaly, by contrast, arrived with no wins from their last three matches, seven goals conceded in that same period and a clean sheet record of zero. You do not need a laptop to see which side had the attitude going into this one.

Mateo Retegui Sets the Tone Inside Five Minutes

There was no settling-in period. No feeling each other out. Mateo Retegui put Al-Qadsiah ahead with a right-foot shot in the fifth minute, assisted by Musab Al-Juwayr. Five minutes. The game was already telling you what it wanted to be.

Al Faisaly hit back quickly, and credit where it is due. Abdoulaye Seck levelled with a left-foot finish in the twelfth minute, assisted by Andrei Girotto. For a brief moment, it looked like it might be a contest. It was not.

Mohammed Al-Shanqiti picked up a yellow card for Al Faisaly at the sixteen-minute mark. That card mattered later, as we will get to. The discipline was poor throughout from the visitors. Three yellow cards by the final whistle. That is not misfortune. That is a mentality problem.

Abu Al-Shamat Ends the Contest Before Half-Time

Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat put Al-Qadsiah back in front on the half-hour mark with a left-foot shot, and from that point forward this was a procession. The home side went into the break 2-1 up and in complete control. Al Faisaly had created almost nothing going forward. The statistics back that up. One big chance created across the entire ninety minutes. One.

The second half was about how many Al-Qadsiah would score, not whether Al Faisaly could get back into it. The visitors had lost their shape, their composure, and to be fair to them, also their luck when Al-Shanqiti turned the ball into his own net on fifty-six minutes to make it 3-1. He had already been booked. He would have been happy to reach the final whistle without further incident after that contribution.

Al Faisaly's Discipline Falls Apart

Alexandre Mendy was booked for a foul in the fifty-first minute. Jaime Seoane collected a yellow card on sixty-five minutes. Three bookings across the match for the away side. That is not a team that was competing in an organised, disciplined way. That is a team that was frustrated, chasing the game, and making poor decisions.

Al-Qadsiah, for all their dominance, finished the match with zero yellow cards. Zero. That is what a team in control looks like. You do not lash out when you are winning comfortably. You do not make desperate fouls. You manage the game. Al-Qadsiah managed this one from the moment Retegui scored.

The Numbers That Tell the Real Story

Thirteen shots inside the box for Al-Qadsiah. Two for Al Faisaly. Forty-nine dangerous attacks to twenty-eight. Fifteen key passes to four. Al-Qadsiah were better in every single measurable area of this match. There is no version of events where Al Faisaly deserved anything from this game.

The one area where Al Faisaly had more activity was crosses attempted. Fifteen to eleven. That tells you they were trying to launch balls into the box out of desperation rather than building anything coherent. Long passes were also higher for Al Faisaly at fifty-two compared to Al-Qadsiah's forty-two. Direct, panicked football from a side that had no answers.

Al-Qadsiah missed four big chances on top of the three they scored. That is a front line with genuine threat. Retegui was taken off in the eightieth minute having done his job. The home side had the luxury of rotating their attackers with the points already secured. That is a good position to be in.

Where Does This Leave Both Sides

Al-Qadsiah are in fine condition. Seven wins from their last ten in the Saudi Pro League, twenty-five goals scored in that period and only nine conceded. They look like a team that knows what it wants and has the quality to deliver it. The standards are high. The accountability is there. You can see it in how they play.

Al Faisaly are a concern. No wins in three matches, seven goals shipped in that stretch and not a single clean sheet. The defending is poor, the discipline is poor, and the cutting edge going forward is almost non-existent. One goal in this match came from Al-Qadsiah's own keeper being called upon just the one time. That is not a recipe for improvement.

The visitors need to look hard at their basic defensive organisation. They cannot keep conceding seven goals across three matches and expect results to turn around. It starts at the back. Sort the basics, compete for ninety minutes, and stop giving away cheap fouls in dangerous positions. Until that changes, it will be another long week ahead for Al Faisaly.

Al-Qadsiah, on the other hand, will take great confidence from this. Three goals, a controlled performance, and another Saudi Pro League home win. They are doing the right things. Keep doing them.