Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Shorta (7th, 35 pts) and Al-Jazira (14th, 7 pts). Al Shorta had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Al-Jazira 0.6 scored and 2.28 conceded per game, Shorta 1 and 1.04, with the league averaging 1.13.
8 games without a win framed Al-Jazira's arrival. Al-Jazira had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Shorta, 7.
The venue was Al-Baath Stadium in Jabala, with room for 10,000 spectators. Al-Jazira led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.




