Bahrain finished the first half one ahead after opening the scoring in the 31st minute through Faouzi Aiash, but Jordan levelled the scores after an hour through Baha'a Abdulrahman.

Bahrain scored the winning goal with 21 minutes to go when Ismail Abdullatif headed home his side's second.

Bahrain were drawn in group C of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup along with Korea Republic, Australia and India while Jordan will play in group B with Saudi Arabia, Japan and Syria.