| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripoli | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6/15 | 6-5 |
| Al Shabab Al Arabi | 13 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9/15 | 5-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripoli | 8 | 22 | 25 | -5 | WLWDW | 2 | +6 |
| Al Shabab Al Arabi | 11 | 22 | 16 | -16 | LLWWL | 7 | +4 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-04-14
Al Shabab Al Arabi (11th, 16 pts) visited Tripoli (8th, 25 pts) with 9 points between them. On the form table Tripoli stood 2nd over the last five rounds, despite being 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Tripoli 1.27 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Al Shabab Al Arabi 0.77 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.28.
The venue was Tripoli Municipal Stadium in Tarabulus, with room for 22,000 spectators.
