Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Jabal Al Mukaber 1st with 55 points, Shabab Al Am'ari 11th with 15, 40 apart. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Jabal Al Mukaber ran at 2.27 scored and 0.68 conceded, Shabab Al Am'ari at 0.82 and 1.5.
Jabal Al Mukaber arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Jabal Al Mukaber against 7/15 for Shabab Al Am'ari.
Estádio Jardim Martins, capacity 12,500, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Jabal Al Mukaber: Mahdi Issa (23'), Mohamed Essam Masha (90'), Shehab Qanbar (86') · Shabab Al Am'ari: Sameh Alwan (45')