Match Report
Afghanistan went into the game 4th in the table on 6 points; Qatar sat 1st on 16 — a 10-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Qatar: only 43rd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Afghanistan were scoring 1 and conceding 0, Qatar 3 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Qatar, winners of their last four, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Afghanistan, 13/15 for Qatar.
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Al-Hasa in Al-Hasa, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.