| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Jaish | 15 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/15 | 6-7 |
| Al Rayyan | 15 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 10-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Jaish | 4 | 26 | 45 | 5 | LLLWW | 7 | -3 |
| Al Rayyan | 3 | 26 | 51 | 26 | WDLWL | 6 | -3 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-01-22
El Jaish went into the game 4th in the table on 45 points; Al Rayyan sat 3rd on 51 — a 6-point gap. Per game in the league, El Jaish were scoring 1.73 and conceding 1.54, Al Rayyan 2.04 and 1.04, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
The venue was Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al Rayyan led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-4.
