Al Duhail beat Al Gharafa 4-2 in Week 14 of the 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League at the Al Gharafa Stadium on Thursday.

Edmilson Junior (14th minute), Michael Olunga (47th minute), Almoez Ali (56th minute) and Rabah Yahya (90+7) scored the goals for Al Duhail.

Gabriel Perez (59th minute) and Ahmed Al Janehi (69th minute) were Al Gharafa’s scorers.

Al Duhail, with their 10th victory from 14 matches, moved on to 32 points, one more than reigning champions Al Sadd who have played only 11 games as their fixtures against Al Wakrah, Qatar SC and Al Rayyan got postponed.

Al Gharafa remained on 23 points from 14 matches after suffering their fifth defeat.

Both teams fought strongly in the exciting encounter between the top-four teams and it was an open game right throughout.

Al Gharafa almost scored very early in the game had it not been for the Al Duhail goalkeeper’s alertness in the face of Cheikh Diabate’s attack.

Al Duhail opened the scoring as Edmilson capitalised on a defensive mistake.

Al Duhail pressed hard at the beginning of the second half and Saeed Al Hajj intervened to thwart Almoez and thus save Al Gharafa from the second goal in the 46th minute.

However, Al Duhail were not to be denied and they scored the next minute through Olunga.

Al Duhail imposed themselves and added a third goal through Almoez, Luis  Martin providing him with a cross.

Al Gharafa did not lose heart and managed to struck back through Perez who beat goalkeeper Salah Zakaria.

The goal spurred Al Gharafa on and they pressed hard, resulting in another goal. This time, Al Janehi was spot-on.

The closing minutes saw heightened action and Al Duhail succeeded in sealing the issue through Rabah deep into stoppage time.