Al-Arabi took the lead in the Qatari Football League (QNB Stars League) by defeating Al-Ahly by four goals to three in the nineteenth round of the competition, which witnessed the fall of the former leaders Al-Duhail in front of Al-Gharafa with two clean goals, which forced it to fall to second place, one point behind the team of coach Younis on me.
Omar Al-Soma and Youssef Al-Masakni’s teammates succeeded in overturning their delay with two goals to victory over Al-Ahly, 4-3, in a confrontation that witnessed the brilliance of the Tunisian star, Youssef Al-Masakni, by scoring a double, while Abdullah Al-Muraisi and the Syrian Omar Al-Soma added a goal for each of them, so that Al-Arabi, who reached his fourteenth victory this season, raised his tally. To 43 points, doubling its chances of regaining the title that has been absent from its coffers since 1997, while Al-Ahly remained in seventh place with 21 points, to suffer its eighth defeat this season.
Al-Duhail fell into the trap of losing to Al-Gharafa, who regained fourth place, as Portuguese coach Pedro Martinez did a great favor for Al-Arabi. Al-Gharafa was able to beat Al-Duhail thanks to the goals of Algerian Isaac Belfodil and veteran Moayad Hassan, which is the ninth victory for Al-Gharafa this season against 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Al-Gharafa was able to achieve its third victory over Al-Duhail in the history of the two teams’ confrontations, after the first was with two clean goals in September of the year 2010 with the signing of the Iraqi Younis Mahmoud and the Brazilian Clemerson, and the second with three clean goals in November of the year 2020 with a double by Moayad Hassan and a goal by Ahmed Alaa.
The struggle to win the league title has become intensified among the top teams, and everyone is certainly awaiting the results of the remaining rounds, as Al-Arabi has 3 matches left against Al-Wakra, Al-Gharafa and Al-Sadd. While Al-Duhail has a postponed match from the fifteenth round with Al-Rayyan the day after tomorrow / Tuesday /, in addition to 3 other matches against Umm Salal, Al-Sadd and Al-Shamal.
Al-Sadd continued its series of strong performances by defeating Qatar with two clean goals, preserving its hopes of competing for the title that it crowned in the last two editions, after its score became 38 points, five points behind the leaders Al-Arabi, achieving its fourth victory in a row, and 3 matches remain for Al-Sadd against Al-Rayyan and Al-Duhail. And the Arab.
Spanish coach Juanma Leo’s team succeeded in thwarting Qatar’s efforts, as Akram Afif led Al-Sadd to victory, after scoring the first and making the second for Ahmed Al-Saeed, to raise its score to 38 points in third place in the standings table, to give Al-Sadd its twelfth victory this season.
While Qatar Club’s balance stopped at 26 points in sixth place after receiving its eighth loss this season, to continue in its sixth position. As for Al-Wakra, it regained its way of victory through a broad victory over Al-Shamal by five goals in a confrontation that witnessed the brilliance of the Angolan star Jacinto Dala, who scored two goals for his team to rise to the top scorers, while the Algerian Mohamed Ben Yatto, Mourad Nagy and Youssef Abdel-Razzak ensured that the three goals were scored.
For his part, Al-Rayyan lost its lead over Al-Sailiya and settled for a tie with two goals for each of them. Despite the precedence that Al-Rayyan knew in the first 25 minutes, with a brace for Ivorian Yohan Boli and Abdulaziz Hatem, Al-Sailiya managed to return with the result before entering a break between the two halves with a double from Senegalese Mohamed Diami and Swede Sergio. Carlos.
Al-Rayyan will face Al-Duhail the day after tomorrow (Tuesday) in a postponed match from the 15th round, then it will meet Qatar Club on April 23 in a postponed match from the 18th round.
Al-Rayyan advanced to ninth place with 17 points, on goal difference from Al-Shamal (tenth), which suffered its 11th defeat this season and has a postponed match from the ninth round with Al-Markhiya next Wednesday. While Al-Sailiya stopped its successive series of defeats and raised its score to the tenth point in last place, after achieving its fourth draw this season, in exchange for two victories and 13 defeats.
For his part, Al-Markhiya’s efforts were almost crowned with success by snatching at least the equalizer point from his rival Umm Salal, although he played about 75 minutes with ten players as a result of the expulsion of his defender Khaled Radwan, and he succeeded in scoring two goals, but that did not prevent him from losing after receiving a third goal from the new Serbian striker Alexa Umm Salal. Vukanovic, who did not make his first official appearance with the team of coach Talal Al-Karkouri, bringing Umm Salal to its third victory this season, to the 16th point, six points away from Al-Sailiya, who finished last, while the team of coach Abdullah Mubarak continued in eighth place, and its score stops at 18 points.
In terms of digital statistics, the nineteenth round of the (QNB Stars League) witnessed the scoring of 26 goals (11 goals in the first half and 15 goals in the second half) during the six matches, at an average of 3.4 goals per match, compared to 14 goals in the last round, and 28 goals. A goal in the round before the last, which means that there is a significant improvement in the scoring rate, and the 17th round is the highest scoring this season.
The round witnessed the recording of five victories against a single draw, and the Al-Wakra and Al-Shamal match recorded the highest score, with Al-Wakra winning by five goals, while the largest number of goals was in the Al-Arabi and Al-Ahly match (7 goals), and Al-Gharafa and Al-Sadd teams came out with a clean sheet, and it is also the first time that Al-Duhail came out without being recorded.
In this round, one penalty kick was awarded, scored by Al Sailiya striker Sergio Carlos, against Al Rayyan.
The round also witnessed one expulsion case, which was the share of Khaled Radwan, Al Markhiya defender.
Youssef Al-Masakni / Al-Arabi / and Yazan Al-Naimat / Al-Ahly managed to score a double in this round.
In terms of the total numbers of the league after the 19th round, the teams played 111 matches, and 88 victories were recorded against 23 draws, including 4 negative draws and 19 positive draws, and 341 goals were scored at an average of 3.7 goals per match, and 42 penalties were awarded. 36 of them, while six kicks were wasted.
In terms of scorers, Angolan striker Jacinto Dalla, Al-Wakrah striker, topped the list with 15 goals, followed by Kenyan Michael Olonga, Al-Duhail striker, and Syrian Omar Al-Soma, Al-Arabi striker, with 14 goals, and Tunisian Youssef Al-Masakni came behind them with 13 goals, then Ivorian Yohan Boley, Al-Rayyan striker, with 11 goals, then Akram Afif. The Al-Sadd striker scored 9 goals, equal to his Algerian teammate Baghdad Bounedjah, and the Swedish striker Sergio Carlos, Al-Sailiya striker, then the Algerian Mohamed Ben Yatto, Al-Wakrah striker, and the Jordanian Yazan Al-Naimat, Al-Ahly striker, came behind them with 8 goals. Iranian Mehrdad Mohammadi, Al Sailiya striker, and Algerian Yassin Ibrahimi, Al Gharafa player, scored 7 goals.
In terms of the standings, Al-Arabi occupies the lead with 43 points, followed by Al-Duhail in second place with 42 points, Al-Sadd maintained its third position with 38 points, then Al-Gharafa fourth with 32 points, two points ahead of Al-Wakra, fifth-placed with 30 points, then comes Qatar Club. In sixth place with 26 points, Al-Ahly remained in seventh place with 21 points, Al-Markhiya eighth with 18 points, Al-Rayyan advanced to ninth place with 17 points, equal to Al-Shamal tenth, and Umm Salal came in eleventh place with 16 points, and finally Al-Sailiya with 10 points.
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