Round 22’s match of the week will see top 4 chasing Al Arabi take on second place El Jaish in what promises to be a clash of two of the QSL’s best footballing sides. Both sides head into the match at Lekhwiya stadium after suffering frustrating draws against sides in the bottom half in the QSL table.

In round 21 Arabi opened the scoring early against Al Kharitiyat through Paulinho, however Gianfranco Zola’s side conceded in the second half to give relegation threated Kharitiyat a valuable share of the points.

Whilst for El Jaish they conceded a 60^th minute penalty to bottom side Meisameer. Despite letting the Flames back into the tie, El Jaish where unable to find a winner with the tie ending in a 1-1 draw.  

So both sides will be eager to get back to winning ways in this clash. Al Arabi have bad memories of this match from the first half of the season, comprehensively losing 4-0 to Jaish back in November. Gianfranco Zola’s side will be looking for revenge going into the match. Arabi will be looking to Qatari midfielder Boualem Khoukhi to shut out El Jaish in this tie.

Whilst for Jaish they could be set for their highest league finish in the QSL. Sabri Lamouchi will be looking to the attacking talent of Romarinho, Abderrazak Hamdallah & Sardor Rashidov in this game. The dynamic trio has collectively contributed to 82% of Jaish goals so far in the league.

 It promises to be an interesting tactical battle when Al Arabi meet El Jaish on Friday the 11^th of March at Lekhwiya stadium, KO at 20:15pm. 

 


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