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<p>Al Arabi continued their excellent form by defeating Al Ahli 1-0 in Week 13 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Arabi Stadium on Friday.<br>Mohammed Salah El Neel netted the winner in the 20th minute as Al Arabi, coached by Heimir Hallgrimsson, registered their fourth successive victory, having beaten Al Kharaitiyat 3-1, Al Sailiya 1-0 and Al Khor 3-0 in Week 10, 11 and 12 respectively.</p><p>The Dream Team moved on to 18 points with their fifth victory overall.</p><p>Al Arabi thus extended their brilliant run starting from their good performance at the 2019-20 season Amir Cup final, which they narrowly lost to Al Sadd.</p><p>Nebojsa Jovovic-coached Al Ahli, who had beaten Al Wakrah 2-0 in Week 12, slipped from fourth to fifth position in the QNB Stars League standings as they stood on 22 points following their fifth loss.</p><p>The Brigadiers, who led the table initially this season, have their task cut out in their bid to end up among the top four.</p><p>The first part of first half saw attempts by Al Arabi’s Aron Gunnarsson as well as Sebastian Soria and Al Ahli’s Nabil El Zhar.</p><p>The only goal came through a move originated from Marc Muniesa in the midfield. He passed the ball to Mehrdad Mohammadi who, in turn, played Ahmed Fathy on before El Neel applied the finishing touch.</p><p>Al Ahli made a couple of substitutions at the start of second half even as Al Arabi adopted a cautious approach to safeguard the lead.</p><p>The Al Arabi defence, manned mainly by Algerian Ayoub Azzy, kept a clean sheet as they recorded yet another victory.</p><p>Al Ahli had beaten Al Arabi 2-0 in the first leg of 2020-21 season QNB Stars League.</p>