Match Report
43 points separated the sides: Al Quwa Al Jawiya 1st on 89, Naft 13th on 46. On the form table Naft stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Per game in the league, Al Quwa Al Jawiya were scoring 1.63 and conceding 0.74, Naft 0.79 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Al Quwa Al Jawiya were unbeaten in 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Defeat had not touched Naft in 5 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 4 Al Quwa Al Jawiya wins, 1 for Naft, 4 draws, at 1.78 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 11% of the meetings went to the host. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Al Quwa Al Jawiya 49% · Naft 51% · Total shots: 6-13 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 1-1