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<p>Umm Salal and Al Arabi played out a goalless draw in Week 15 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Duhail Stadium on Tuesday.</p><p>Umm Salal and Al Arabi are now on 15 and 20 points respectively. It was the second successive draw for both teams.</p><p>A flurry of exchanges were witnessed, especially in the first half, but neither side could find the target.</p><p>For Al Arabi, captain Aron Gunnarsson led from the front by playing the entire 90 minutes with his trademark aggressive game.</p><p>In the fifth minute, Mohammed Salah El Neel’s snap-header on a long throw-in lacked speed as Umm Salal goalkeeper Baba Malick collected the ball with relative ease.</p><p>A few moments later, Gunnarsson also managed a header from close range on a corner kick, but the keeper dived to his left to stop the ball.</p><p>After a few missed chances, Al Arabi’s Mahdi Torabi attempted to break the deadlock with a long-range shot from outside the box, but the curling shot was pouched by Malick in the 20th minute.</p><p>Four minutes later, Gunnarsson, known for his long throw-ins, delivered one for Sebastian Soria inside the Umm Salal box. Soria produced a header, but the ball was collected by the keeper.</p><p>Al Arabi played with 10 men from the 37th minute after Ibrahim Nasser Kalla was shown the red card for tugging the jersey of Ahmed Hammoudan, who had picked up a loose ball and charged into the rival box. Referee Saoud Ali Al Athba wasted little time in giving marching orders to Kalla though Umm Salal wasted the free-kick taken from the edge of the box.</p><p>However, Umm Salal failed to capitalise on the numerical advantage.</p><p>The second half also saw both teams create chances which, however, did not bear fruit. In one instance, in the 77th minute, Torabi delivered a cross from the right wing and Malick fumbled with the ball. Soria, stationed within striking distance, attempted to tap the ball into the net, but ended up hurting the goalkeeper.</p><p>Both sides failed to break the deadlock even as coaches made a flurry of substitutions.</p>