Match Report
The table read 10th (Al Gharafa, 7 pts) against 12th (Al Ain, 2 pts), 5 points apart. Al Ain's recent output lagged their position: 22nd on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Al Gharafa were scoring 1.25 and conceding 2.25, Al Ain 1.38 and 2.75, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Al Ain were unbeaten in 7, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Al Gharafa had taken 4 of 15 points to Al Ain's 11.
Al Bayt Stadium in Khor, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Gharafa led 1-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 4-2.
Goal scorers
Al Gharafa: Joselu (45'), Seydou Sano (73'), Joselu (48'), Yacine Brahimi (76') · Al Ain: Alejandro Romero (56'), Soufiane Rahimi (66')