The 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League’s Week 18 witnessed keen contests. A total of 17 goals were scored across six matches, played on Wednesday and Thursday, 9th and 10th February, 2022.

RESULTS

Al Sadd bt Umm Salal  2-0

Al Duhail bt Al Shamal 4-1

Al Wakrah lost to Qatar SC   0-1

Al Sailiya drew Al Rayyan     1-1

Al Arabi lost to Al Ahli 2-3

Al Khor drew Al Gharafa      1-1

Two matches ended in draws and Al Duhail recorded the biggest margin of victory when they beat Al Shamal 4-1.

Al Sadd achieved their 15th victory out of 16 matches (they have two matches, against Qatar SC and Al Rayyan, left) when they beat Umm Salal 2-0. The Wolves are still the only unbeaten team so far this season.

Baghdad Bounedjah and Santi Cazorla scored the goals for Al Sadd.

Three teams – Qatar SC, Al Duhail and Al Ahli – posted victory for the second successive week.

Bashar Resan scored the winner for Qatar SC with a penalty kick.

For Al Duhail, Michael Olunga (double), Nam Tae-Hee and Paulo Edmilson Junior scored the goals, whereas Amjad Atwan pulled one back for Al Shamal with a penalty kick.

In the Al Khor vs Al Gharafa match, Sofiane Hanni scored for Al Gharafa, the lead that was neutralized by Elnagi Elsadiq for Al Khor.

Umm Salal fell into their second consecutive defeat, while Al Rayyan, Al Shamal, Al Khor and Al Sailiya (the last four clubs in the standings in that order) continued to drop points.

Carlos Strandberg and Yohan Boli scored for Al Sailiya and Al Rayyan respectively.

In the Al Arabi vs Al Ahli game, after being down by two goals through Al Arabi’s Yousef Msakni and Aaron Boupendza (penalty), Al Ahli staged a brilliant fightback to script a crucial victory. Yazan Al Naimat, Soufiane Bouftini and Jose Pozo were their scorers.

Al Sadd lead the standings with 46 points, followed by Al Duhail (39 points), Al Wakrah (31 points), Al Gharafa (27 points), Al Arabi (26 points), Umm Salal (25 points), Al Ahli (23 points) and Qatar SC (22 points and a postponed match against Al Sadd in hand) in the first eight positions.

In terms of top scorers, Al Duhail’s Michael Olunga continued to lead the list with 21 goals, followed by Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah and Andre Ayew (12 goals), Umm Salal’s Ayman Hussein Al Sadd’s Akram Afif (both 11 goals), and Al Wakrah’s Jacinto Dala (10 goals).