The 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League’s Week 11 fixtures witnessed exciting encounters and a total of 17 goals were scored across five matches, played on Wednesday and Thursday, 29th and 30th December, 2021.

The match between Al Wakrah and Al Sadd was postponed to a later date because a number of Al Wakrah players were infected with the coronavirus (Covid-19). The Competition Department will announce the game’s revised date later.

Al Duhail posted the round’s biggest margin of victory when they beat Al Ahli 6-0.

The Week 11 results were as follows:

Al Shamal lost to Al Rayyan  1-2

Al Ahli lost to Al Duhail         0-6

Al Gharafa bt Al Sailiya         3-0

Al Arabi lost to Umm Salal    0-2

Al Khor bt Qatar SC     2-1

Al Khor were the major beneficiary of this round, having achieved their first victory by beating Qatar SC 2-1 to be on seven points.

Giannis Fetfatzidid (45+1 and 77th minutes) scored for Al Khor. The Knights moved on to seven points are in 11th place.

Sebastian Soria pulled one back for Qatar SC in the 78th minute. The Kings stood on 12 points and are placed seventh.

Al Sailiya slipped to the last place with five points after losing 0-3 to Al Gharafa.

Almahdi Ali (32nd minute), Ahmed Alaaeldin (35th minute) and Gabiel Perez (67th minute) scored for Al Gharafa, who moved on to 19 points with their sixth victory and stood in the fourth place.

Umm Salal continued their outstanding form under Wesam Rizik, achieving their third consecutive victory, which came at the expense of Al Arabi as the former won by a 2-0 margin.

Abdulrahman Abkar and Ayman Hussein scored the goals in the 73rd and 90th minute respectively as Umm Salal raised their points tally to 15 with their third victory and are placed sixth, while Al Arabi remained on 20 points with their third loss, but still kept the third place.

Al Duhail kept pace with leaders Al Sadd with a 6-0 win over Al Ahli to ignite their title hopes again, having lost 1-2 to Umm Salal in Week 10.

Al Ahli player Talal Behzad scored an own goal in the fourth minute. Then, Michael Olunga (seventh minute), Nam Tae-Hee (28th minute), Almoez Ali (44th minute), Abdullah Abdulsalam (71st minute) and Edmilson Junior (80th minute) scored the goals for Al Duhail, who kept the second place with 25 points.

Al Ahli are 10th with nine points.

Al Rayyan got a much-needed victory when they beat Al Shamal 2-1.

Hashem Ali (24th minute) and Yacine Brahimi (41st minute) scored for Al Rayyan. Muath Yahya pulled one back for Al Shamal in the 68th minute.

Al Rayyan now have 12 points with their third victory and are placed eighth, while Al Shamal remained on nine points after suffering their sixth defeat and find themselves in the ninth spot.

As far as the top scorers are concerned, Al Duhail’s Kenyan striker Michael Olunga led the chart with 13 goals. He is followed by Al Sadd striker Baghdad Bounedjah (11) and his team-mate Andre Ayew (nine). Al Gharafa’s Cheikh Diabate is fourth (six).