Match
Team selection
New Radiant were predicted to line-up in a 4–2–3–1 formation, with Hamza Mohamed and Viliam Macko as wide men. Winger Ali Fasir was unavailable for selection because he was not fully recovered after his surgery. Maziya were expected to line up 4–2–1–3, unlike New Radiant, with Mohamed Irufaan and Moosa Yaamin as a holding midfielders, as Toshiya Hosoe was unavailable [8] due to severe common cold and fever.
When the team sheets were revealed, New Radiant lined up in a 4–3–2–1 surprisingly including Ibrahim Fazeel in their defensive midfield, as his first appearance of the season. [9] Hamza was benched and they started Rilwan Waheed at his right wing position while Rilwan's right back position was filled by Ahmed Abdulla. Unlike it was predicted, Maziya lined up with two strikers, in a 4–1–3–2 formation. Hussain Niyaz Mohamed and Mohamed Umair were played as wings, while Asadhulla Abdulla played behind Pablo Rodríguez in the forward.
Summary
First half
Maziya got the match underway and tried to create good chances too score. In the 11th minute Shafiu Ahmed was shown the game's first yellow card for fouling Asadhulla. [6] In the 21st minute, Hussain Niyaz's shot inside the penalty area was deflected out by the cross-bar, [1] while his shot from the same position, after a couple of minutes was punched out by the keeper Alisher Akhmedov. [1] After a minute, Asadhulla received a yellow card for his foul on Alisher when he lost position to the New Radiant goalkeeper. [6] New Radiant were forced to make an early substitution [10] in the 26th minute of the first half, as Ibrahim Fazeel left the field to the bench due to an unknown reason and Akram Abdul Ghanee came in to play. [6] New Radiant goalkeeper trainer Hassan Hameed was sent off from the bench for throwing frustrations towards the referee, in the 27th minute. [6] In the 31st minute, Rilwan was shown a yellow card for a foul on Samdhooh Mohamed inside the Maziya penalty area. [6] Pablo Rodríguez took the lead for Maziya in the 34th minute. Samdhooh's free-kick from the left flank was headed by Asadhulla [10] and was blocked by a New Radiant defender. Rodríguez got the rebounded ball and scored the goal. [10]
Second half
New Radiant ended the first half with zero shots, and made a half time substitution, bringing midfielder Mohamed Shaffaz in to play for the defender Shafiu. [6] New Radiant played a better possession game, [1] trying to make chances in this half, but Maziya had the first shot of the second half, after just five minutes. Samdhooh's corner was side-netted by Amdham Ali with his head. [6] New radiant made their final substitution with 21 minutes remaining for full-time; Ahmed Suhail replacing Rilwan. [6] Zhivko was shown a yellow card in the 71st minute, for a foul on Shaffaz. [6] Maziya made their first substitute in the 72nd minute, bringing in Ahmed Nashid for Hussain Niyaz. [6] They made their second substitution after three minute, replacing Ahmed Imaz for Mohamed Umair. [6] In the 77th minute, New Radiant's Suhail tried to dribble into the penalty area from Ashad Ali's through ball but Samdhooh Mohamed fouled him on the edge of the penalty area and received a yellow card. [6] Maziya made their final substitution in the 86th minute, Hassan Shifaz replacing captain Asadhulla Addulla. [6] Asadhulla handed over the captain band for Samdhooh before coming off. [6] During the 2nd minute of the stoppage time, substitute Nashid doubled the lead for Maziya. [10] While New Radiant goalkeeper Alisher was inside Maziya's penalty area for a corner kick, [10] Rodríguez got the ball and he dribbled off his marker while Alisher tried hard to take his position, and when Alisher was back to his position, Rodríguez passed the ball to the unmarked Nashid and he sent the ball into an empty net. While Nashid took his shot, Mohamed Rasheed was on the goal line [11] to block it but he could not head away Nashid's shot which hit the roof of the net. [10] Nashid also received a yellow for his goal celebration, by taking his shirt off. New Radiant's captain Ashad was also shown a yellow card in the final minute of the stoppage time. [12]
Details
| New Radiant | 0–2 | Maziya |
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| Report |  34' Rodríguez 90+2' Nashid |
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Statistics
| Statistic | New Radiant | Maziya |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 0 | 4 |
| Shots off target | 6 | 7 |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 3 |
| Fouls | 22 | 21 |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
