Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Al Arabi SC 2nd with 9, Al Tadhamon 3rd with 4. On recent form Al Tadhamon sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Al Arabi SC were scoring 1.8 and conceding 0.8, Al Tadhamon 1 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 7 for Al Arabi SC, 1 for Al Tadhamon and 1 drawn, at 3.22 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 22% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 78% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match was played at Sabah Al Salem Stadium (capacity 28,000). On the scoreboard, Al Arabi SC led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Al Arabi SC: Abdullah Al-Qarzaei (39') · Al Tadhamon: Hamed Al Rashidi (64')
Key stats
Possession: Al Arabi SC 66% · Al Tadhamon 34% · Total shots: 11-8 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 9-6