Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 4th with 45 points, Islami Kalkelea 12th with 1, 44 apart. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Islami Kalkelea ran at 0.45 scored and 3.23 conceded, Shabab Al-Dhahiriya at 1.77 and 0.91.
Defeat had followed defeat for Islami Kalkelea — 13 in succession. Islami Kalkelea had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Shabab Al-Dhahiriya, 9.
Arab American University Stadium in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, capacity 6,740, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shabab Al-Dhahiriya led 3-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-5.