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<p>Al Ahli and Al Gharafa played out a 1-1 draw in Week 15 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Thursday.</p><p>Ahmed Alaaeldin put Al Gharafa ahead in the 66th minute, while Shane Lowry helped Al Gharafa draw level in the 71st minute.</p><p>Al Ahli now have 18 points and Al Gharafa 25.</p><p>Al Ahli played with 10 men from the 23rd minute after Jasem Mohammed was red-carded by referee Meshari Ali Al Shammari for his foul on Al Gharafa’s onrushing player Ahmed Alaaeldin.</p><p>Al Gharafa had more of the ball in the first half, but Al Ahli created more opportunities.</p><p>Al Gharafa’s injured trio of Hector Moreno, Koo Ja-Cheol and Sofiane Hanni were back in action, but they could not do much.</p><p>Al Gharafa’s Koo headed wide narrowly and Homam Elamin sent a booming shot straight to goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodriguez.</p><p>At the other end, captain Nabil El Zhar and Abdulrahman Mohammed led Al Ahli’s charge.</p><p>After a barren first half, A Gharafa upped the ante in the second. Ahmed Alaaeldin found the mark after being set up by Jonathan Kodjia following a through pass.</p><p>Lowry’s equaliser came off a cross from the right by Abdulrasheed Umaru.</p><p>It was the second time in successive weeks that Al Ahli and Al Gharafa were facing off as the former beat the latter 1-0 in the Ooredoo Cup quarterfinals.</p><p>The Brigadiers had also reached the Amir Cup quarterfinals by beating Qatar SC 2-1 two weeks ago.</p><p>The Cheetahs had bowed out of the Amir Cup in the pre-quarterfinal stage after losing 0-1 to Second Division side Al Markhiya before they suffered the setback in Ooredoo Cup, where they were two-time defending champions.</p><p>Al Gharafa had beaten Al Ahli 3-1 in the first leg of 2019-20 QNB Stars League.</p>