Match Report
12 points and 5 places separated them: Al Batin 11th with 42, Al-Ain 16th with 30. Al Batin had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Al Batin ran at 1.15 scored and 1.65 conceded, Al-Ain at 0.85 and 1.44.
Al-Ain had drawn their last three.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Al Batin, 2 draws and 0 for Al-Ain, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won.
Al-Batin FC Stadium in Hafar Al-Batin staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000. On the scoreboard, Al Batin led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.