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Substitution Intelligence

When do coaches make their changes, what is the score when they do, and do substitutes deliver?

  • Substitutions
    138
    4.6 per team per match
  • Average first change
    ⁦50'⁩
    Across 30 team-matches
  • All five changes used
    70%
    Share of team-matches
  • Goals by substitutes
    4
    13% of all goals (excl. own goals)
  • Key finding24

    changes in minutes 71–75, the busiest window. 95% of all changes come after half-time.

  • Key finding⁦52'⁩

    First change when a team is behind, against ⁦49'⁩ when level and ⁦49'⁩ when ahead.

  • Key finding⁦29'⁩

    Al-Wakrah make their first change earliest, ⁦29'⁩ on average; Qatar wait longest (⁦70'⁩).

  • Key finding4

    of 31 goals have been scored by substitutes.

Points from the Bench

How it's counted

Points from the Bench

Own goals

Never counted for a player or the bench.

Decisive goal

The goal that won or saved the match, on the final score.

3–1 win
the 2nd goal
2–2 draw
the last goal

Points earned

Real league points a goal brought.

Decisive winner
3
Final equaliser
1
Any other goal
0

How many points each club owes to goals from its substitutes.

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2
points
League

Goals from the Bench

How it's counted

Goals from the Bench

Own goals

Never counted for a player or the bench.

Which clubs get goals from their bench, and from whom.

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4
goals
League

When Changes Happen

How it's counted

When Changes Happen

Changes at the break

Substitutions made at half-time are recorded as 46'.

When in the match coaches make their changes.

Substitutions
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Match minute

How Early Clubs React

How it's counted

How Early Clubs React

Score at the change

Goals before the change only.

Goal in the same minute
Counts as after

Changes at the break

Substitutions made at half-time are recorded as 46'.

How early each club makes its first change: on average, at the earliest and at the latest.

  • Average
  • Earliest to latest
Club
Avg first change
Al-Wakrah
⁦29'⁩
Al Bidda
⁦39'⁩
Umm Salal
⁦46'⁩
Al-Shahania
⁦46'⁩
Al-Rayyan
⁦46'⁩
Al-Duhail
⁦46'⁩
Al-Arabi
⁦46'⁩
Al-Shamal
⁦46'⁩
Mesaimeer
⁦46'⁩
Al-Sailiya
⁦49'⁩
Al-Kharaitiyat
⁦52'⁩
Al-Waab
⁦52'⁩
Al-Khor
⁦53'⁩
Lusail
⁦55'⁩
Muaither
⁦63'⁩
Al-Markhiya
⁦64'⁩
Al-Ahli
⁦65'⁩
Qatar
⁦70'⁩
Match minute

The Score at the Change

How it's counted

The Score at the Change

Score at the change

Goals before the change only.

Goal in the same minute
Counts as after

Whether clubs make their changes while losing, drawing or winning.

  • Losing
  • Drawing
  • Winning
Club
Substitutions
Whole league
138
Al Bidda
5
Al-Arabi
5
Mesaimeer
4
Al-Khor
10
Al-Kharaitiyat
9
Al-Sailiya
10
Al-Markhiya
10
Al-Shahania
10
Lusail
10
Al-Rayyan
11
Al-Ahli
8
Al-Wakrah
9
Umm Salal
10
Al-Duhail
7
Al-Shamal
5
Al-Waab
8
Muaither
5
Qatar
2

Time to Score off the Bench

How it's counted

Time to Score off the Bench

Minutes to score

From coming on to scoring; stoppage time counts.

On 89', scored 90+4'
5'
On 45+2', scored 50'
5'

Score when he came on

His team's side, goals before the change only.

Main position

Where he played most minutes.

Example
100' full-back, 72' midfield → Full-back
No match positions
The squad position the player directory lists
Neither
Unknown position, never guessed

Own goals

Never counted for a player or the bench.

Decisive goal

The goal that won or saved the match, on the final score.

3–1 win
the 2nd goal
2–2 draw
the last goal

How quickly substitutes score after coming on.

  • Came on
  • Scored
Player
Minutes to score
Yousef Ali Al-Alawi
Al-Rayyan
⁦1'⁩
Abdoulaye TraoreW
Al-Shahania
⁦2'⁩
Mohamed Radi Mogawer
Al-Shamal
⁦7'⁩
Salem Sultan Al-SufianiCB
Al-Sailiya
⁦44'⁩
Match minute

Club Substitution Profiles

How it's counted

Club Substitution Profiles

Changes at the break

Substitutions made at half-time are recorded as 46'.

Each club's substitution habits, side by side.

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138
substitutions
Whole league

Coach Substitution Profiles

How it's counted

Coach Substitution Profiles

Changes at the break

Substitutions made at half-time are recorded as 46'.

Coaches shown

Head coaches with 5+ matches; the tick adds the rest, faded.

Stand-in coach

Head coach banned or absent: the match stays his.

Interim coach

Fills the gap after the head coach leaves; counts as his own coach.

Each head coach's substitution habits, side by side.

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4.6
League average