Match Report
The table read 5th (Taliya, 47 pts) against 6th (Hottin, 45 pts), 2 points apart. Hottin had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Taliya ran at 1.07 scored and 0.8 conceded, Hottin at 1.1 and 1.23.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Taliya, 2 draws and 1 for Hottin, at 2.63 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. In 75% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Al-Abbasiyyin Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Taliya: Khamis M. (90')




