Match Report
Shabab Al Khaleel, 3rd with 47 points, sat 25 points above Al-Bireh (9th, 22). Scoring rates set the scale: Al-Bireh 0.95 scored and 1.45 conceded per game, Shabab Al Khaleel 1.86 and 0.55, with the league averaging 1.43.
Al-Bireh had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Shabab Al Khaleel, 4.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al-Bireh 1, draws 0, Shabab Al Khaleel 3, at 2 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shabab Al Khaleel led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Shabab Al Khaleel: M. Al Jaabari (24'), M. Al Jaabari (59')