Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Al Sadd 2nd with 8, Nasaf 1st with 11. Al Sadd ranked just 21st in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Al Sadd ran at 1.83 scored and 1.17 conceded, Nasaf at 1.67 and 1.
Nasaf had not lost in 9 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Al Sadd, 3 for Nasaf and 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. 80% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha (capacity 40,740). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Sadd led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.