Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Olympic Azzaweya 2nd with 37 points, Al Nahda 9th with -3, 40 apart. Olympic Azzaweya ranked just 51st in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Nahda 0.31 scored and 3 conceded per game, Olympic Azzaweya 1.75 and 0.81, with the league averaging 1.22.
Al Nahda entered with ten losses in a row. Momentum sat with Olympic Azzaweya, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Al Nahda had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Olympic Azzaweya, 13.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Olympic Azzaweya led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.