Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Al Sahel 2nd on 41, Burgan 6th on 23. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Al Sahel ran at 1.57 scored and 0.86 conceded, Burgan at 1.24 and 1.43.
Burgan had gone 7 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Al Sahel 10/15, Burgan 2/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 12 Al Sahel wins, 2 for Burgan, 3 draws, at 2.82 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 65% of the meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.2 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.82 all-time.
Khaitan Stadium, capacity 17,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Al Sahel 61% · Burgan 39% · Total shots: 10-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 4-0