Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Newroz SC 12th with 50 points, Naft Al-Basra 18th with 33, 17 apart. Newroz SC ranked 2nd in the league on five-round form, well above their 12th table position. Per game in the league, Newroz SC were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.13, Naft Al-Basra 0.84 and 1.45, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Newroz SC, 2 by Naft Al-Basra, 2 drawn, at 1.33 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.