The 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League’s Week 12 matches saw plenty of action and a total of 18 goals were scored across the six games, played on Monday and Tuesday, 3rd and 4th January, 2022.

Only one match ended in a draw as Al Duhail were held 1-1 by Al Khor.

Week 12 results

Al Shamal lost to Al Gharafa  2-3

Al Ahli bt Qatar SC  1-0

Al Sailiya lost to Al Sadd   0-2

Al Duhail drew Al Khor    1-1

Al Arabi lost to Al Wakrah        1-2

Al Rayyan lost to Umm Salal     2-3

Al Sadd continued their winning streak with an unbeaten record by beating Al Saiiya 2-0, with Akram Afif scoring both goals (first one being a penalty conversion).

The Wolves thus widened their gap with second-placed Al Duhail, their closest competitors, to five points with a game in hand.

Al Sadd’s Week 11 match against Al Wakrah was postponed as many players of the latter team got infected with the coronavirus.

It was a setback for Al Duhail when Al Khor held them to a 1-1 draw.

Al Khor thus continued their good run, having beaten Qatar SC 2-1 in Week 11.

Nam Tae-Hee scored for Al Duhail, a lead that was nullified by Al Khor through Ismail Haddad.

Al Gharafa advanced to third from fourth place in the standings after their 3-2 victory over Al Shamal, while Al Arabi fell to fourth place following their 1-2 defeat against Al Wakrah.

Amro Seraj, Gabriel Peres and Sofiane Hanni scored the goals for Al Gharafa.

For Al Shamal, Jeison Escobar and Amjad Atwan found the target.

Jacinto Dala and Mohamed Benyettou scored for Al Wakrah, whereas Abdulqadir Ilyas scored the only goal of Al Arabi.

Umm Salal continued to achieve outstanding results under the technical leadership of Wesam Rizik, who led the team in five games, won four matches in a row, after drawing the first game against Al Sailiya.

Umm Salal's goals were scored by Isael Barbosa and Ayman Hussein (two).

Ahmed Yasser and Ali Malallah scored for Al Rayyan.

Al Ahli advanced one position, from 10th to the ninth, after their 1-0 victory over Qatar SC, with Abdulrasheed Umaru scoring the all-important goal.

As far as top scorers are concerned, Al Duhail’s Michael Olunga leads the chart with 13 goals, followed by Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah with 11 goals, his team-mate Andre Ayew with nine goals and Umm Salal’s Ayman Hussein in fourth place with seven goals.

The QNB Stars League’s Week 13 matches will be played on Friday and Saturday (January 7 and 8, 2022).

Week 13 Fixtures

Friday, January 7, 2022

Al Sailiya vs Al Shamal

Al Sadd vs Qatar SC

Al Gharafa vs Al Ahli

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Al Duhail vs Al Arabi

Al Khor vs Umm Salal

Al Rayyan vs Al Wakrah