Match Report
1 points and 2 places separated them: Al Talaba 11th with 5, Naft 9th with 6. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Talaba 1.25 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Naft 0.75 and 0.25, with the league averaging 1.07.
Naft had not lost in 7 games.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Talaba 4, draws 3, Naft 3, at 1.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Where history says 1.6 goals per meeting, the last five say 0.8.
Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Al Talaba 60% · Naft 40% · Total shots: 8-10 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 5-3