Match Report
Jamaica (3rd, 3 pts) visited Panama (1st, 9 pts) with 6 points between them. Jamaica had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Panama 3.33 scored and 1 conceded per game, Jamaica 1 and 2, with the league averaging 1.51.
Panama arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Panama 2, draws 1, Jamaica 2, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.
Al Saqr Stadium in Ta'izz, capacity 20,500, hosted the game. S. Brown took charge of the match — our records show 62 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. Panama led 3-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Panama: Ismael Díaz (4'), Ismael Díaz (17'), Ismael Díaz (45'), Tomás Rodríguez (89') · Jamaica: Amari'i Bell (27')