The two sides had met on Matchday One in Oman with Malkiya emerging 2-1 winners. Al Suwaiq have since lost all their fixtures while Malkiya added four more points to sit in third place going into Matchday Five.
A quiet first-half came to life at the half-hour mark as the hosts got a golden chance to take the lead.
Hashim Isa played a superb through ball to send Hasan Helal clear on goal. The number 10 attempted to slot the ball with the outside of his right foot, but goalkeeper Anwar Al Alawi dived down and made the save.
Five minutes before the break, a Malkiya counter attack saw Salem Husain’s backheeled effort from inside the six-yard-box saved by Al Alawi before Helal’s follow through was cleared off the goal line.
There was little the goalkeeper or the defence could do a minute later when Ali Jasim’s cross was spilled by the goalkeeper and Ammar Hassan volleyed the loose ball into the back of the net to put the Bahraini side in front going into the dressing room.
Malkiya were handed an opportunity to make it 2-0 in the 66th minute as Helal cut inside from the left side into the penalty are before being tripped by Al Suwaiq defender Rasheed Al-Musheifri, prompting the referee to point to the spot.
Isa stepped up to take the penalty and drove home his fourth goal of the 2019 AFC Cup campaign.
Muhsin Al Ghassani pulled one back for Al Suwaiq in the 71st minute with the forward rifling home a powerful effort into the bottom corner of Yusuf Hasan’s net.
There was still room for another goal and it was a crucial one with just three minutes to go.
Al Ghassani turned from scorer to provider, supplying the ball to Khalil Al Alawi who tried his luck from 30 yards out and his thunderous left-footed effort nestled into the back of the net to equalise for Al Suwaiq.
The draw means Al Suwaiq have collected their first point in 11 AFC Cup matches since the 2-1 win over Syria’s Al Jaish in May 2017.
Malkiya climb to eight points ahead of a critical encounter against Lebanon’s Al Ahed on the final Matchday in two weeks’ time.
