Match Report
28 points separated the sides: Al Adalh 6th on 58, Al-Ain 16th on 30. Al-Ain had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Adalh 1.71 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, Al-Ain 0.85 and 1.44, with the league averaging 1.3.
Al-Ain were winless in 5, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Al Adalh, 5 draws and 1 for Al-Ain, at 1.71 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in Al-Hasa staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.