Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Faysali 4th with 38 points, Mansheyat 11th with 21, 17 apart. The last five rounds placed Mansheyat 6th in the league for form — higher than their 11th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Mansheyat 1.18 scored and 1.82 conceded per game, Al Faysali 1.36 and 0.95, with the league averaging 1.24.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Mansheyat. From the last five rounds, Mansheyat held 0 points of 15 and Al Faysali 12.
Al-Mafraq Stadium in Al-Mafraq, capacity 17,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.