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<p>Al Gharafa defeated Al Wakrah 1-0 in Week 10 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Sadd Stadium on Tuesday.</p><p>The only goal of the match came when Al Gharafa’s Homam Elamin’s shot was deflected into the goal by Al Wakrah’s Ali Karami in the eighth minute.</p><p>Al Gharafa, with their seventh victory, moved on to 21 points, while Al Wakrah suffered their sixth defeat and remained on 10 points.</p><p>Both teams were coming off defeats, Al Gharafa crashing 1-4 against Al Sadd and Al Wakrah losing 0-1 to Al Khor in Week 9.</p><p>Al Gharafa dominated the match early on and got the goal that gave them vital three points.</p><p>A couple of minutes after taking the lead, Al Gharafa wreaked havoc in the rival goal as Al Wakrah defender Ousmane Coulibaly had to effect a sliding save near the goalline off a shot by Amro Seraj when goalkeeper Mohammed Saeed had left his charge.</p><p>Al Wakrah spearhead Mohamed Benyettou had their best chance in the first half, but his header off a free-kick taken by Cristian Ceballos went narrowly wide.</p><p>Al Gharafa utilised the flanks more, especially on the left through which Homam and Jonathan Kodjia launched their raids. Homam had a shot saved by Ali Karami in the 35th minute.</p><p>At the other end, Al Wakrah’s Murad Naji’s shot was deflected by team-mate Omar Ali straight to Al Gharafa goalkeeper Salah Zakaria.</p><p>Al Wakrah upped the ante in the second half and, a few minutes after resumption, Benyettou’s header was parried by the goalkeeper.</p><p>They were unlucky not to have scored as Omar’s goal in the 90th minute was ruled offside. Ceballos and Omar too tried hard, in vain.</p><p>Al Gharafa too had their chances during the session. Kodjia’s shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, Ahmed Al Janahi missed a sitter by skiing his shot from close and Sofiane Hanni sent his free-kick straight to the hands of the goalkeeper.</p>