Match Report
9 points and 5 places separated them: Al Shabab 10th with 32, Al Nasr 5th with 41. Al Nasr had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 5th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.31/1.46 for Al Shabab and 1.73/1.15 for Al Nasr (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.31.
Al Shabab had not won in 5 games. Al Nasr entered with three wins in a row. Over the last five, Al Shabab had taken 4 of 15 points to Al Nasr's 12.
Al-Seeb Stadium in Seeb, capacity 14,000, hosted the game.


