Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al-Ittihad Aleppo 1st with 73 points, Al Jaish 8th with 41, 32 apart. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Al-Ittihad Aleppo ran at 2.77 scored and 0.83 conceded, Al Jaish at 0.77 and 1.
Defeat had not touched Al-Ittihad Aleppo in 10 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Al-Ittihad Aleppo 13/15, Al Jaish 7/15.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 5 for Al-Ittihad Aleppo, 1 for Al Jaish and 3 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 22% of meetings won. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 78% of the meetings.
7 April Stadium, capacity 13,500, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al-Ittihad Aleppo: Mohammad Rihanieh (66'), Ahmad Al Ahmad (90')
Key stats
Possession: Al-Ittihad Aleppo 61% · Al Jaish 39% · Total shots: 20-10 · On target: 2-0 · Corners: 9-3