Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Ahli 3rd with 42 points, Bahrain SC 13th with 22, 20 apart. Bahrain SC ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Al Ahli were scoring 1.94 and conceding 0.56, Bahrain SC 1.44 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.56 goals per team per game.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Al Ahli, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Bahrain SC had not won in 5 games. The last-five ledger: Al Ahli 15/15, Bahrain SC 2/15.
Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.


