Match Report
30 points for Al Futuwa (12th), 33 for Al Shorta (11th): a 3-point gap. Al Shorta had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Per game in the league, Al Futuwa were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.77, Al Shorta 0.97 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Al Futuwa arrived off three straight defeats.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Al Futuwa, 2 draws and 2 for Al Shorta, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Al-Abbasiyyin Stadium (capacity 25,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Al Shorta: Anas Bota (53')