Match Report
In the standings it was Oman 1st on 13 points, Qatar 1st on 16 — separated by 3. Oman had been under-performing their position — 61st on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Oman were scoring 1.83 and conceding 0.33, Qatar 3 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Qatar were winless in 5. The last-five ledger: Oman 10/15, Qatar 1/15.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Oman have 1 win to Qatar's 2, with 5 draws, at 2.13 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.