Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Al Ahli Wad Medani 1st on 30, Al Hilal Al Manaqil 3rd on 14. On recent form Al Hilal Al Manaqil sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Al Hilal Al Manaqil were scoring 0.9 and conceding 0.6, Al Ahli Wad Medani 2.4 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Al Ahli Wad Medani entered with seven wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Al Hilal Al Manaqil held 8 points of 15 and Al Ahli Wad Medani 15.
The venue was Al-Ubayyid Stadium, with room for 30,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al Ahli Wad Medani led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.