Match Report
12 points and 9 places separated them: Al-Kawkab 8th with 52, Al Bukayriyah 17th with 40. Al Bukayriyah had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Per game in the league, Al-Kawkab were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.26, Al Bukayriyah 0.76 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Al Bukayriyah, winners of their last three. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al-Kawkab against 9/15 for Al Bukayriyah.
The match was played at Al-Shoalah Club Stadium in Al Kharj (capacity 8,000). Al-Kawkab led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.