The second round of QSL action kicks off on Thursday evening with three matches. In the early KO at 17:50 will see Al Khor take on Al Sailiya at Al Khor stadium. Both sides lost their opening tie of the QSL season, and will be looking to get their first three points.

Khor will be looking to push home advantage, especially after narrowly losing 2-1 to Umm Salal in the opening game of the season. As for the visitors Al Sailiya, they narrowly lost 1-0 to Al Arabi in their opening fixture of the 2016/2017 season. Sami Trabelsi’s side will consider themselves unlucky not to have at least grabbed a point from the tie, and will be eager to make amends against Khor.

At the same time at Al Arabi stadium, the two promoted sides Al Shahaniya and Muaither will play each other in what will be an early test of their QSL credentials. Both sides had heavy defeats against QSL title contenders Al Rayyan and Lekhiwya respectively.

Shahaniya fell to a 3-0 opening day defeat to reigning QSL champions Al Rayyan. Head coach Fathi Al Jabal will now have to lift the spirits of his side, who did play relatively well in the opening exchanges of the clash. The Oryx’s will be without Spanish defender Álvaro Mejía who picked up a red card last time out. 

Muaither went down to Lekhwiya with a comprehensive 4-0 score line. The falcons will be expecting better things against Al Shahania, a team they pipped to the Qatar Gas League title last season. The falcons will be hoping that last season’s top scorer in the Qatar Gas League Mahmoud Za'tara can register his first goals in the QSL this term.

In the late KO at Al Arabi stadium, Al Arabi will take on El Jaish in the QSL match of the week. The Dream Team will be boosted with Senegalese defender Moustapha Sall and Nigerian attacker Imoh Ezekiel, who are set for their league debuts. Imoh Ezekiel revealed his excitement in returning for Al Arabi in an exclusive interview for QSL online earlier in the week.

As for the visitors, El Jaish squeezed past Al Wakrah with an opening day 2-1 victory. Sabri Lamouchi’s side where made to sweat out the final fifteen minutes after conceding a late goal. Jaish will be hoping summer signing Sediou Keita will be able to dictate play in the center of the park, just like the former Malian international did in his two previous games for the side.