Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Al Shamal (6th, 32 pts) and Al Khor (12th, 13 pts). Al Khor ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 12th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Shamal 1.86 scored and 1.55 conceded per game, Al Khor 0.95 and 1.91, with the league averaging 1.67.
Al Khor had been beaten in four straight games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Al Shamal, 1 for Al Khor and 1 drawn, at 4.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The venue was Al-Khwar Stadium in Al-Khor, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al Shamal led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Al Shamal: Baghdad Bounedjah (23'), Baghdad Bounedjah (33')