| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 15 | D2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9/15 | 6-1 |
| Guinea | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5/15 | 5-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 10 | 10 | 13 | 2 | WDDWL | 178 | -168 |
| Guinea | 43 | 4 | 4 | -3 | DLWL | 93 | -50 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2012-12-29
Guinea (43rd, 4 pts) visited Bahrain (10th, 13 pts) with 9 points between them. Bahrain's recent output lagged their position: 178th on form over five rounds while 10th in the table. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Bahrain ran at 1.2 scored and 1 conceded, Guinea at 0.75 and 1.5.
Bahrain carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
The match was played at Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī in Riffa (capacity 35,580).
