Match Report
The table read 2nd (Bahrain, 11 pts) against 4th (Nepal, 1 pts), 10 points apart. Bahrain's recent output lagged their position: 61st on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Bahrain were scoring 1.83 and conceding 0.5, Nepal 0.33 and 3.33, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Nepal — three in succession.
The match was played at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium (capacity 20,000). Bahrain led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-0.