Match Report
40 points separated the sides: Al Ahli 1st on 72, Al Sahel 17th on 32. Al Sahel had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Sahel 1.06 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Al Ahli 1.41 and 0.71, with the league averaging 1.16.
Al Sahel had gone 7 games without a win. Al Ahli carried a 13-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 14 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al Sahel against 13/15 for Al Ahli.
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Khobar staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Al Ahli led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.




