Match Report
Gulf Heroes, 14th on 10 points, faced a 47-point deficit to Al Dhafra (1st, 57). Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Al Dhafra ran at 1.65 scored and 0.69 conceded, Gulf Heroes at 1.04 and 2.69.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Gulf Heroes. Over the last five, Al Dhafra had taken 7 of 15 points to Gulf Heroes's 0.
The match was played at Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium in Madinat Zaid (capacity 5,000). On the scoreboard, Al Dhafra led 2-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 5-1.