Match Report
Saudi Arabia went into the game 29th in the table on 5 points; Equatorial Guinea sat 31st on 2 — a 3-point gap. Equatorial Guinea had been under-performing their position — 149th on five-round form against 31st in the table. Per game in the league, Saudi Arabia were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.25, Equatorial Guinea 1 and 1, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Saudi Arabia had lost three in a row.
Mrsool Park in Riyadh staged the fixture, a ground that holds 68,752. On the scoreboard, Saudi Arabia led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.