Match Report
The table read 4th (Al-Madina, 6 pts) against 5th (Abu Salim, 5 pts), 1 points apart. Al-Madina ranked just 40th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Al-Madina 1.5 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Abu Salim 1.25 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.16.
Abu Salim had been beaten in three straight games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Al-Madina win, 0 for Abu Salim, 5 draws, at 2.33 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
The venue was 11 June Stadium, with room for 67,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al-Madina led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.




