Match Report
20 points for East Riffa (11th), 27 for Al Ahli (8th): a 7-point gap. East Riffa ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Per game in the league, East Riffa were scoring 0.95 and conceding 1.41, Al Ahli 1.45 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
East Riffa had not lost in 8 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: East Riffa 9/15, Al Ahli 3/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — East Riffa 1, draws 0, Al Ahli 3, at 4 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Al-Ahli Stadium, with room for 30,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
East Riffa: Boconta Sar (50')
Key stats
Possession: East Riffa 41% · Al Ahli 59% · Total shots: 7-9 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 3-1