Match Report
United Arab Emirates (1st, 16 pts) visited Korea DPR (2nd, 9 pts) with 7 points between them. The last five rounds placed Korea DPR no better than 61st for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Korea DPR were scoring 1.83 and conceding 1.17, United Arab Emirates 2.67 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Korea DPR win, 1 for United Arab Emirates, 2 draws, at 1.25 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 0% of meetings.
The venue was Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, with room for 40,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.