Match Report
5 points and 6 places separated them: Al Sadd 1st with 9, Al-Ahli Doha 7th with 4. Per game in the league, Al Sadd were scoring 4.33 and conceding 1.33, Al-Ahli Doha 1.67 and 2, against a competition average of 1.83 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 8 for Al Sadd, 0 for Al-Ahli Doha and 2 drawn, at 5 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings. The recent editions have closed up — 3.2 goals per game over the last five against 5 all-time.
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Al Sadd led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Sadd: Akram Afif (11'), Claudinho (44'), Pedro Miguel (45') · Al-Ahli Doha: Erik Expósito (80')
Key stats
Possession: Al Sadd 50% · Al-Ahli Doha 50% · Total shots: 17-23 · On target: 7-10 · Corners: 3-10