Match Report
10 points and 13 places separated them: Al Tai 5th with 57, Al Qaisoma 18th with 47. Al Qaisoma ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Al Tai were scoring 1.03 and conceding 0.89, Al Qaisoma 1.21 and 1.39, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Al Tai carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Al Qaisoma had gone 5 games without a win. Al Tai had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Qaisoma, 1.
The match was played at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium (capacity 12,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Al Tai: Farid Al Harbi (83')
Key stats
Possession: Al Tai 52% · Al Qaisoma 48% · Total shots: 12-3 · On target: 5-0 · Corners: 2-1