
Robert Firmino registered a hat-trick as Al Sadd humbled Umm Salal 8-3 in Week 7 of 2025-2026 season Doha Bank Stars League at the Al Khor Stadium on Saturday.
The defending champions showed thrilling form and led 3-2 at half-time.
Firmino scored in the 24th, 65th and 70th minutes of the match, while Akram Afif (28th minute), Rafa Mujica (43rd minute), Giovani Henrique (48th minute), Claudinho (73rd minute) and Agustin Silvera (88th minute) contributed a goal each.
For Umm Salal, Edidiong Essien (31st minute), Jean Evrard Kouassi (45+4 minute) and Sayed Hassan Issa (90+3 minute) were on target.
The mercurial Afif, besides scoring one goal, was also instrumental in initiating two other strikes and provided assists in two more.
Hassan Al Haydous made an assist for Firmino to complete his hat-trick.
The big-margin win was Al Sadd’s fourth of the league and took their tally to 14 points to prop them two places up into fifth, while Umm Salal remained 11th with six points after a seventh loss.

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