Match Report
Al Merreikh went into the game 1st in the table on 19 points; Al Fallah sat 3rd on 13 — a 6-point gap. On recent form Al Fallah sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Al Merreikh were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.8, Al Fallah 0.5 and 0.4, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Al Fallah entered with three losses in a row.
Al-Merreikh Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 43,645. Al Merreikh led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 6-0 full-time score.