Match Report
12 points and 11 places separated them: Al Sailiya 12th with 0, Al Sadd 1st with 12. In league terms the two rates read 1.25/3.25 for Al Sailiya and 4.75/1.75 for Al Sadd (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.71.
Al Sailiya arrived off five straight defeats. Al Sadd had won four straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Al Sailiya against 13/15 for Al Sadd.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 0 for Al Sailiya, 5 for Al Sadd and 1 drawn, at 4.67 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 83% of the meetings had three or more.
With 20 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, M. Nasser Ahmed was the man in the middle. Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Sadd led 2-1 at the break, before 6 more goals closed it at 3-6.
Goal scorers
Al Sailiya: Ali Olwan (35'), Ahmad Moein Doozandeh (58'), Ali Olwan (90') · Al Sadd: Akram Afif (19'), Hashim Ali (45'), Roberto Firmino (50'), Roberto Firmino (62'), Akram Afif (75'), Mustafa Mashaal (90')
Key stats
Possession: Al Sailiya 37% · Al Sadd 63% · Total shots: 13-16 · On target: 4-10 · Corners: 0-2