Match Report
11 points and 8 places separated them: Al Shorta 11th with 6, Al Nassr 3rd with 17. Al Shorta ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Al Shorta ran at 0.88 scored and 2.13 conceded, Al Nassr at 2.13 and 0.75.
Al Shorta had not lost in 15 games.
Al-Madina International Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 32,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.