Match Report
The table read 6th (Al Nasr, 38 pts) against 4th (Al Jazira, 44 pts), 6 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Nasr 1.38 scored and 1.31 conceded per game, Al Jazira 1.77 and 1.15, with the league averaging 1.41.
Al Nasr carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Al Jazira, winners of their last seven, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Al Nasr had taken 9 of 15 points to Al Jazira's 15.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Al Nasr, 3 for Al Jazira and 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
Al Maktoum Stadium, capacity 18,000, hosted the game. Al Jazira led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Nasr: Gláuber (47'), Ramón Miérez (50'), Cheickna Doumbia (73') · Al Jazira: Vinicius Mello (67'), Vinicius Mello (12')
Key stats
Possession: Al Nasr 39% · Al Jazira 61% · Total shots: 14-13 · On target: 5-6 · Corners: 3-5