Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Talaba 3rd with 68 points, Al Nasiriya 22nd with 38, 30 apart. Recent form told a different story for Al Nasiriya: only 28th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 22nd. Per game in the league, Al Talaba were scoring 1.35 and conceding 0.56, Al Nasiriya 1 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Al Talaba had won seven straight, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Al Talaba had taken 15 of 15 points to Al Nasiriya's 8.
Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava in Martvili staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000.


