Match Report
1 points and 22 places separated them: United Arab Emirates 7th with 4, Saudi Arabia 29th with 5. The last five rounds placed United Arab Emirates no better than 64th for form, against 7th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: United Arab Emirates 1.67 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Saudi Arabia 1.25 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.26.
United Arab Emirates had not lost in 6 games. From the last five rounds, United Arab Emirates held 11 points of 15 and Saudi Arabia 5.
The referee was M. Arafah, with 16 matches in our database and 0.6 yellows per game on average. Sheikh Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 43,000. Saudi Arabia led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.