Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Jeddah 15th on 38, Al Shoalah 18th on 23. Jeddah had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Jeddah 1 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Al Shoalah 0.68 and 1.35, with the league averaging 1.16.
Al Shoalah had been beaten in six straight games. Jeddah had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Shoalah, 0.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 0 Jeddah wins, 1 for Al Shoalah, 3 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. 75% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
The match was played at Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah (capacity 23,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.




