Match Report
4 points and 9 places separated them: Al-Najma 10th with 3, Al Khalidiyah 1st with 7. In league terms the two rates read 1.67/3.33 for Al-Najma and 3.33/1 for Al Khalidiyah (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
Al-Najma entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 0 for Al-Najma, 7 for Al Khalidiyah and 1 drawn, at 3.38 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 63%.
The match was played at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium) (Riffa) (capacity 35,580). On the scoreboard, Al Khalidiyah led 5-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-7.
Goal scorers
Al-Najma: Ali Humood Al-Dosari (52'), Rickson (81') · Al Khalidiyah: Walid Sabbar (14'), Othman Al-Haj (20'), Othman Al-Haj (36'), Gleison (45'), Mahdi Al Humaidan (45'), Nizar El Otmani (63'), Nizar El Otmani (90')
Key stats
Possession: Al-Najma 41% · Al Khalidiyah 59% · Total shots: 8-19 · On target: 3-8 · Corners: 0-3