Match Report
15 points for Palestine (1st), 6 for Maldives (3rd): a 9-point gap. On recent form Maldives sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. In league terms the two rates read 4.17/0.5 for Palestine and 1.83/3.17 for Maldives (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.69.
Palestine had won three straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Arab American University Stadium in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (capacity 6,740). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Palestine led 4-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 8-1.