Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Shabab Al Khaleel (3rd, 47 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Thagafi Tulkarm (6th, 28 pts). Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Shabab Al Khaleel ran at 1.86 scored and 0.55 conceded, Thagafi Tulkarm at 1.27 and 1.32.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Shabab Al Khaleel, 2 draws and 0 for Thagafi Tulkarm, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
Hussein Bin Ali Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,000. On the scoreboard, Shabab Al Khaleel led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Shabab Al Khaleel: Abdallatif Al Bahdari (44'), S. Taweel (90')