2025/2026| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shorta | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8/15 | 5-2 |
| Al Merghani | L1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3/15 | 5-9 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | Al Merghani | 0-0 | Al Shorta |
| 2025-02-18 | Al Shorta | 1-1 | Al Merghani |
| 2025-01-27 | Al Merghani | 1-0 | Al Shorta |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shorta | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | DLDLW | 18 | -15 |
| Al Merghani | 5 | 10 | 7 | -5 | DDDLD | 23 | -18 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-01-28
Al Shorta went into the game 3rd in the table on 13 points; Al Merghani sat 5th on 7 — a 6-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Al Merghani: only 23rd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th.
Al Merghani had gone 9 games without a win.
