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<p>Al Duhail stayed very much in the title race as they beat Al Sailiya 2-1 in Week 17 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Saturday.</p><p>Han Kwang-Song (12th minute) and Karim Boudiaf (86th minute) scored for Al Duhail, who now have 42 points and a comfortable lead on top of the standings.</p><p>Al Sailiya stood on 23 points. Mbarak Boussoufa scored their goal by converting from the penalty spot in the 90th minute..</p><p>It was The Red Knights’13th victory, the most by any team.</p><p>Al Duhail dominated the proceedings throughout and wing play as they forced seven corners as against Al Sailiya’s three.</p><p>Paulo Edmilson had a role in Al Duhail’s both goals.</p><p>Han opened the scoring by banging home the rebound after Edmilson’s angular shot hit the right upright and came back into play.</p><p>Boudiaf scored the second goal for Walid Regragui’s wards off Edmilson’s free-kick.</p><p>In between the goals, Al Duhail came close to scoring, with Edmilson, Almoez and all threatening.</p><p>Al Sailiya were awarded a penalty after Ali Afif handled Karim Ansari’s header in the last minute of regular time and Boussoufa was spot-on.</p><p>The defeat was a setback for Al Sailiya, coached by Sami Trabelsi, who were coming off back-to-back victories, against Qatar SC and Al Gharafa.</p><p>Al Duhail had beaten Al Sailiya by the same score in the first leg of 2019-20 QNB Stars League.</p>