Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Kuwait 1st with 44 points, Al Tadhamon 3rd with 4, 40 apart. Al Tadhamon's recent output lagged their position: 14th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Al Kuwait were scoring 2.56 and conceding 0.56, Al Tadhamon 1 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Al Tadhamon for 5 matches. The last-five ledger: Al Kuwait 10/15, Al Tadhamon 1/15.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Al Kuwait, 2 draws and 0 for Al Tadhamon, at 3.9 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,500. On the scoreboard, Al Kuwait led 4-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 7-1.
Goal scorers
Al Kuwait: Yousef Nasser (5'), Yousef Nasser (19'), Yousef Nasser (45'), Yousef Nasser (39'), Taha Yassine Khenissi (68'), E. Barrahma (80'), Mohamed Jasim Marhoon (86') · Al Tadhamon: Hassan Hasoon (13')
Key stats
Possession: Al Kuwait 71% · Al Tadhamon 29% · Total shots: 19-4 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 4-1