Match Report
Saudi Arabia (1st, 4 pts) visited Bahrain (2nd, 11 pts) with 7 points between them. On recent form Bahrain sat only 61st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Bahrain 1.83 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Saudi Arabia 1.5 and 1, with the league averaging 1.4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Bahrain wins, 1 for Saudi Arabia, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium) (Riffa), with room for 35,580 spectators. Saudi Arabia led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Saudi Arabia: Musab Al-Juwayr (16'), Abdulrahman Al-Oboud (78')
Key stats
Possession: Bahrain 54% · Saudi Arabia 46% · Total shots: 17-10 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 6-2




