Al Kuwait vs Khalidiya 3-1

Al Kuwait beat Khalidiya 3-1 at Al Sulaibikhat Stadium, pulling away after a second-half penalty and then sealing it deep into stoppage time. Khalidiya briefly made it uneasy with a late reply, but Al Kuwait had already done enough.

The match stayed goalless until first-half stoppage time, when Faisal Zayed Al-Harbi opened the scoring in the 45th minute plus 1 from Mohammad Daham's assist to make it 1-0. That was the score at half-time.

Al Kuwait made two changes on 60 minutes and one of the substitutes, Yousef Nasser Al-Sulaiman, scored from the penalty spot in the 65th minute after coming on in the 60th to make it 2-0. Khalidiya had made two changes on 55 minutes, then another two on 74 minutes, and one of those substitutes, Gleison, reduced the deficit in the 80th minute from R. Boumessous' assist, with Boumessous having come on in the 74th minute. Al Kuwait had also made two changes on 79 minutes before Yousef Nasser Al-Sulaiman, scoring his second of the match, finished from Amr Abdelfattah's assist three minutes into stoppage time to make it 3-1.

Al Kuwait had 59% of the ball and 459 passes to Khalidiya's 316, while the shot count was close at 10-11 and each side had four shots on target. Al Kuwait also finished with 1.59 expected goals to Khalidiya's 1.02, and both teams had one corner.

Khalidiya's Mohamed Adel Mohamed Ali Hasan was booked in the 25th minute and Walid Sabbar followed in the 63rd. Al Kuwait's Mehdi Berrahma was shown a yellow card in the 81st minute.