Match Report
1 points for Kalba (12th), 9 for Al Wasl (3rd): an 8-point gap. Per game in the league, Kalba were scoring 0.75 and conceding 2.75, Al Wasl 3.25 and 1, against a competition average of 1.79 goals per team per game.
Kalba had not won in 15 games. Momentum sat with Al Wasl, winners of their last five. Kalba had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Wasl, 15.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 1 for Kalba, 6 for Al Wasl and 3 drawn, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match was played at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Wasl led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Al Wasl: Ali Saleh (18'), Nicolás Giménez (22'), Renato Júnior (79')
Key stats
Possession: Kalba 50% · Al Wasl 50% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 6-5