Match Report
Naft, 10th with 51 points, sat 17 points above Al Taji (18th, 34). On the form table Al Taji stood 13th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Per game in the league, Al Taji were scoring 0.97 and conceding 1.74, Naft 1.05 and 0.97, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Al Taji for 5 matches, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Al Taji against 12/15 for Naft.
The match was played at Al Taji Stadium in Taji (capacity 5,000).


