Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 3rd with 56 points, Al Rabta Kosti 16th with 26, 30 apart. Per game in the league, Al Rabta Kosti were scoring 0.84 and conceding 1.81, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1.5 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Al Rabta Kosti entered with three losses in a row. Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid came in having won three on the spin. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al Rabta Kosti against 10/15 for Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
Kosti Stadium, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-3.