Match Report
1 points for Kalba (11th), 6 for Al Wasl (4th): a 5-point gap. Per game in the league, Kalba were scoring 1 and conceding 3, Al Wasl 2.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.79 goals per team per game.
Kalba had not won in 15 games. Momentum sat with Al Wasl, winners of their last five. Kalba had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Wasl, 15.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 1 for Kalba, 6 for Al Wasl and 3 drawn, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match was played at Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium (capacity 8,000). With 30 matches recorded and 1.4 yellow cards per game, A. Eisa Mohamed was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Wasl led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Al Wasl: Ali Saleh (18'), Nicolás Giménez (22'), Renato Júnior (79')
Key stats
Possession: Kalba 50% · Al Wasl 50% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 6-5