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<p>Striker Hassan Al Haydous led the assault with a hat-trick as hosts Al Sadd defeated Al Arabi 5-1 in Week 17 of the QNB Stars League on Saturday.</p><p>The Wolves thus asserted their supremacy over The Dream Team in the Qatar Derby, having won their first-phase match 3-1. </p><p>Al Haydous (seventh, ninth and 79th-min penalty), Abdelkarim Hassan (57th) and Baghdad Bounedjah (60th) scored for Al Sadd, who were without in-form midfielder Jugurtha Hamroun, as they kept pace with Al Duhail with 43 points, two behind the leaders.</p><p>Diego Jardel gave Al Arabi’s sole reply in the 11th.</p><p>Al Haydous took his QNB Stars League tally to 11 goals and Bounedjah eight.  </p><p>Play was mostly at the Al Arabi area initially and Al Haydous stunned the rivals with his strikes in quick succession.</p><p>First, the Qatar international sent in his free-kick, leaving Al Arabi goalkeeper Muhannad Naim stranded as he completely misjudged the flight of the ball.</p><p>Al Haydous struck again by placing home a rebound after Muhannad fumbled with a cross from the left by left-back Abdelkarim Hassan.</p><p>Jardel immediately controlled the damage by reducing the deficit for Al Arabi with a long-range shot that went in past a diving Al Sadd goalkeeper Saad Al Dossari.</p><p>Al Haydous seemed to be at his lethal best and took a shot again soon afterwards, but Muhannad blocked it this time.</p><p>Captain Xavi Hernandez, as always, orchestrated Al Sadd’s game and danger man Bounedjah came close on a couple of occasions.</p><p>Khalfan Ibrahim tried his best, but could not hold the Al Arabi midfield together.</p><p>The game’s pace slowed down a bit after the breather and it was Al Sadd, coached by Portuguese Jesualdo Ferreira, most of the way. They added two more goals to make it 4-1 through Abdelkarim and Bounedjah, the former finding the target with a long-ranger and the latter capitalising on a defensive lapse.</p><p>With victory secured, Al Sadd pulled out Xavi and Bounedjah, while Al Arabi coach Luka Bonacic added teeth to their attack by replacing Abdullah Marafie with Ghanaian striker Kwame Karikari.</p><p>After Al Haydous had a shot just about saved by Muhannad, Al Sadd had an opportunity to make it 5-1 only to see defender Pedro shoot wide in front of an open goal.</p><p>Al Haydous then completed his hat-trick by converting from the spot with ease.</p><p>Karikari missed a penalty right at the stroke of final whistle by shooting straight to Al Dossari.</p>