Match Report
Qalali, 15th on 12 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Al Riffa (2nd, 44). Al Riffa had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Al Riffa were scoring 2.83 and conceding 0.61, Qalali 1.06 and 2.22, against a competition average of 1.56 goals per team per game.
Al Riffa came in having won three on the spin.
The match was played at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī in Riffa (capacity 35,580). On the scoreboard, Al Riffa led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.