Match Report
15 points for Al Shamal SC (9th), 18 for Al Markhiya (5th): a 3-point gap. Per game in the league, Al Shamal SC were scoring 1.9 and conceding 1.1, Al Markhiya 1.3 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.78 goals per team per game.
Al Shamal SC had drawn their last four.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Al Shamal SC, 0 draws and 3 for Al Markhiya, at 2 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Al Bayt Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,000. Al Shamal SC led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 5-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Shamal SC: Naïm Sliti (9'), Younes El Hannach (22'), Álex Collado (44'), Ahmad Ismail Aboushanab (74' og), Omar Rafik Mohamed (90')
Key stats
Possession: Al Shamal SC 58% · Al Markhiya 42% · Total shots: 14-3 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 8-4