Match Report
The table read 4th (Isa Town, 41 pts) against 2nd (Al-Hidd, 48 pts), 7 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Al-Hidd: only 6th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Isa Town 2.09 scored and 0.95 conceded per game, Al-Hidd 2.23 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.48.
Level finishes had become the habit for Isa Town: three in a row, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Al-Hidd had not lost in 15 games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Isa Town against 13/15 for Al-Hidd.
Al-Ahli Stadium in Manama, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Isa Town led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-2 full-time score.