Match Report
43 points for Al Diwaniya (18th), 34 for Al Kufa (24th): a 9-point gap. The last five rounds placed Al Diwaniya 11th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Per game in the league, Al Diwaniya were scoring 1.09 and conceding 1.29, Al Kufa 0.94 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Al Kufa had gone 5 games without a win.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 3-2.


