Match Report
The table read 11th (Al Shorta, 6 pts) against 5th (Al Wasl, 11 pts), 5 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Al Wasl: only 12th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Al Shorta were scoring 0.88 and conceding 2.13, Al Wasl 1 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Al Wasl's last four games had all finished level.
The match was played at Karbala Sports City in Karbala (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, Al Wasl led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Al Shorta: Fahd Youssef (50') · Al Wasl: Jonatas Santos (14'), Fábio Lima (64'), Nicolás Giménez (90')