Match Report
The table read 3rd (Al Qadsia, 7 pts) against 1st (Al Ahed, 14 pts), 7 points apart. Al Qadsia had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Al Qadsia were scoring 1 and conceding 1, Al Ahed 1.33 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Al Ahed had won three straight. The last-five ledger: Al Qadsia 5/15, Al Ahed 13/15.
The venue was Mohammed Al-Hammad Stadium in Kuwait City, with room for 22,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al Ahed led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.




