Rayyan, Jaish, Sadd and Arabi continued their victories in Round 8. Al Rayyan is still holding the top spot and remains undefeated after beating Wakrah 2-1 in the previous Round.

El Jaish resumed their chase of Rayyan with a resounding 5-2 win over Mesaimeer.

Both Al Sadd and Al Arabi finished Round 8 with two tough victories over Al Gharafa and Al Kharaitiyat respectively. Al Sadd defeated Al Gharafa 1-0 whilst Al Arabi beat Al Kharaitiyat 2-1.

On the other hand, Lekhwiya, the title defenders, and Al Gharafa are still struggling as both failed to win. Both teams lost in Round 8, Lekhwiya went down to a solitary Umm Salal goal and Gharafa were undone by Sadd as Muriqui once more proved to be the difference.

Also Al Ahli failed to keep their winning streak alive and lost two points due to their tie with Al Sailiya (2-2). 

Also Al Kharaitiyat missed many goal-scoring opportunities during their match against Al Arabi and went on to lose the match.

Al Khor enjoyed their first ever win in Qatar stars League this season after 7 rounds by defeating Qatar Sports Club.

QSC is struggling again with their loss to Al Khor and Mesaimeer is now back at the bottom of the league table after falling short in their clash with El Jaish.

Round 8 of the Qatar Stars League witnessed an increase in the number of scored goals with 22 goals scored compared to 17 scored during Round 7. Total of 166 goals in 56 games.

Also the average red cards increased with two expulsions this round against Homoud Al Yazidi (Al Wakrah) and Ahmed Yasser (Lekhwiya).

Referees granted three penalties which is the same number as the last round, the first of which was missed by Youssef Msakni (Lekhwiya) and both Paulinho (Al Arabi) and Fawzi Aaish (Al Sailiya) scored.

Finally Muriqui is back at the top of the goal-scorer chart in Qatar Stars League with eight goals (El Jaish striker Hamdallah too has 8 but missed the last Round due to injury.