Match Report
Oman went into the game 1st in the table on 13 points; Kyrgyz Republic sat 2nd on 11 — a 2-point gap. On recent form Oman sat only 61st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Oman were scoring 1.83 and conceding 0.33, Kyrgyz Republic 2.17 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Oman arrived on a run of three straight wins.
The match was played at Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in Muscat (capacity 34,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kyrgyz Republic led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.