Match Report
Uzbekistan went into the game 2nd in the table on 5 points; Syria sat 3rd on 4 — a 1-point gap. The last five rounds placed Syria no better than 11th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Uzbekistan were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.33, Syria 0.33 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha (capacity 40,740). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.