Match Report
Al-Thuqbah went into the game 18th in the table on 37 points; Al Sahel sat 13th on 46 — a 9-point gap. Al-Thuqbah had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, Al-Thuqbah ran at 1.18 scored and 1.58 conceded, Al Sahel at 0.89 and 1.26.
Al-Thuqbah arrived off seven straight defeats. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Al-Thuqbah against 7/15 for Al Sahel.
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Khobar, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.


