Match Report
The table gap was wide: 44 points between Karbala (7th, 56 pts) and Al Diwaniya (20th, 12 pts). Karbala had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Per game in the league, Al Diwaniya were scoring 0.66 and conceding 2.26, Karbala 1.03 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Al Diwaniya arrived off four straight defeats. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al Diwaniya against 10/15 for Karbala.
The venue was Karbala Stadium in Karbala, with room for 9,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Karbala led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-3.




