Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Tai 4th with 74 points, Najran 15th with 43, 31 apart. Per game in the league, Najran were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.24, Al Tai 1.45 and 0.92, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Najran, 1 draw and 3 for Al Tai, at 1.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. These meetings skew tight — only 20% saw more than two goals.
Najran Sport City Center in Najran staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Tai led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.