Match Report
The table read 9th (Al-Taawon, 43 pts) against 5th (Al Arabi, 49 pts), 6 points apart. Al Arabi ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 5th table position. Per game in the league, Al-Taawon were scoring 1.26 and conceding 1.03, Al Arabi 1.81 and 1.52, against a competition average of 1.48 goals per team per game.
Al-Taawon arrived off three consecutive draws. Al Arabi had won three straight, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al-Taawon 2, draws 1, Al Arabi 4, at 3.57 goals per meeting. 71% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 57%. 2.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.57.
The venue was Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Qasimi Stadium, with room for 64,040 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Al-Taawon: A. Medeiros (7') · Al Arabi: Vander (10')