Match Report
4 points and 3 places separated them: Al-Madina 4th with 6, Al Ahli Tripoli 1st with 10. Recent form told a different story for Al-Madina: only 40th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. In league terms the two rates read 1.5/1.25 for Al-Madina and 2.75/0.5 for Al Ahli Tripoli (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.16.
Defeat had followed defeat for Al-Madina — three in succession. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Al-Madina against 10/15 for Al Ahli Tripoli.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Al-Madina, 4 draws and 6 for Al Ahli Tripoli, at 1.91 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 27% saw more than two goals. Recent editions have opened up: 2.8 goals per game across the last five meetings against 1.91 historically.
11 June Stadium, capacity 67,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Al Ahli Tripoli: Hamdou El Houni (90')