Match Report
The table read 2nd (Al-Ittihad, 11 pts) against 4th (Royal Leopards, 0 pts), 11 points apart. Royal Leopards had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Al-Ittihad were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.17, Royal Leopards 0.83 and 3, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Royal Leopards arrived off three straight defeats. Over the last five, Al-Ittihad had taken 10 of 15 points to Royal Leopards's 3.
First Statement Stadium in Benghazi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, Al-Ittihad led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.