Match Report
Al Merreikh went into the game 1st in the table on 19 points; Hay Al Wadi sat 3rd on 15 — a 4-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Hay Al Wadi: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Al Merreikh, 3 draws and 1 for Hay Al Wadi, at 1.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 17% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.