Al Ahli defeated Al Gharafa 4-1 in Week 19 of 2025-2026 season Doha Bank Stars League at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Wednesday.

The Cheetahs, who remained on 34 points, fell behind in their pursuit of league leaders Al Sadd following their loss to The Brigadiers, who moved up to 19 points and 10th position in the standings.

Yacine Brahimi (28th minute penalty) scored the lone goal for Al Gharafa, while Younes Hussein (46th and 90+6 minutes), William Troost-Ekong (59th minute) and Michel Vlap (87th minute penalty) secured the vital goals for Al Ahli.

Brahimi got the opener for Al Gharafa after a pull on Aron Gunnarsson by Talal Ali in the penalty area before an unmarked Hussein restored parity for Al Ahli within seconds of the start of second half.

The visitors took the lead 13 minutes later through Nigerian international William Troost-Ekong, who poked home a Michel Vlap deflected cross into an empty net.

Vlap scored the resulting penalty from a foul on Younes by Al Gharafa’s Rayyan Ahmed inside their box before Hussein put the icing on the cake in injury time to seal the victory.