Al-Ghandal and Al-Sakar played out a 1-1 draw in the first-division regular season on Thursday. M. Al Khalif opened the scoring before D. Sesugh equalised from the spot late on. Both sides remain winless after three games.
Al Khalif's goal came in the twenty-eighth minute. To be fair, the hosts had been the more threatening side for much of the first half, but Al-Sakar adjusted the shape at the break. The visitors worked a short corner in the forty-seventh minute as Milani picked up a yellow card, and the momentum shifted.
Al-Sakar pulled the equaliser in the ninety-first minute. The penalty gave them something to hold on to. By then, the hosts had made five changes — M. Kpatai, M. Al Shudukhi, M. Nakhli, M. Bakheet and O. Al Rashed all came off — while the visitors brought on S. Al Saeed and Joao Erick.
The statistics tell a simple story. Al-Ghandal had 48 per cent possession and three shots on target, while Al-Sakar controlled 52 per cent and managed only one on target. The hosts had five shots off target to the visitors' four, and the visitors had five blocked shots to one for the hosts.
The result leaves Al-Ghandal in seventeenth place with a single point from three games. Al-Sakar sit ninth on three points from their opening three matches. The hosts have lost five of their last five meetings, while the visitors have drawn their last two.