Match Report
48 points separated the sides: Al Shorta 9th on 62, Maysan Umara 35th on 14. On the form table Al Shorta stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Per game in the league, Maysan Umara were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.71, Al Shorta 1.44 and 0.97, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Maysan Umara had not won in 9 games. Over the last five, Maysan Umara had taken 2 of 15 points to Al Shorta's 10.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.