Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Al Hussein (1st, 62 pts) and Al Buqa'a (8th, 28 pts). Per game in the league, Al Hussein were scoring 2.59 and conceding 0.63, Al Buqa'a 1.52 and 2.44, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Al Hussein came in having won five on the spin. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Al Hussein against 5/15 for Al Buqa'a.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Al Hussein wins, 1 for Al Buqa'a, 1 draw, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Al Hasan Stadium, with room for 16,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 5-1.
Goal scorers
Al Hussein: Yousef Abu Jalboush (33'), Reziq Bani Hani (46'), Aref Al-Haj (48'), Yousef Abu Jalboush (57'), Ali Hajabi (60') · Al Buqa'a: Khaled Sayahin (10')
Key stats
Possession: Al Hussein 52% · Al Buqa'a 48% · Total shots: 17-7 · On target: 7-1 · Corners: 6-4