Match Report
Al Riffa went into the game 16th in the table on 8 points; Al Kuwait sat 11th on 10 — a 2-point gap. On the form table Al Riffa stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Al Riffa ran at 1.17 scored and 1.17 conceded, Al Kuwait at 1.5 and 1.
Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī in Riffa, capacity 35,580, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.


