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Al Duhail continued to stay atop the Ooredoo Stars League rankings with a convincing 4-1 win over Qatar SC in Week 12 of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League match played at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium on Sunday.
Homam Al Amin (11th and 37th minutes) and Almoez Ali (90th and 90+3 minutes) each netted a brace as Al Duhail extended their points tally to 28 points, while Qatar SC, who got their consolation goal in six minutes of added time through Yousef Mohammed Ali, remained on 10 points.
Meanwhile, defending champions Al Sadd edged Al Shamal 1-0 to be second on the table with 25 points, ahead of Al Ahli on goal difference.
Al Duhail’s Homam atoned for the earlier miss as he took advantage of a quickly taken free-kick by Luis Alberto to put The Red Knights ahead.
Qatar SC’s Ben Malango had a chance to restore parity in the 24th minute but his header from very close range went high and wide to the right.
Homam added his second of the night in the 37th minute, firing home a right-footed shot from the left side of the box after a well-timed overlap to locate a sublime pass from Alberto.
Qatar SC seemed to have put one back in the 76th minute through Ben Malango who poked home a right-footed shot from the centre of the box, but the goal was, however, cancelled, after a lengthy VAR check, due to an offside decision on the Congolese striker.
Almoez made it 3-0 for Al Duhail on the stroke of regulation time from an assist by Edmilson Junior before adding another two minutes later, shooting into an empty net following a diagonal pass by Homam that beat onrushing goalkeeper Motasem Al Bustami.
Qatar SC finally got their consolation goal, albeit late, as Yousef Ali scored in added time.
Abdurisag strikes as Al Sadd
Al Sadd made a nervy start to their second leg campaign with a solitary goal win over Al Shamal at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.Yusuf Abdurisag struck a late (74th minute) goal for the defending champions after being provided a golden pass by Akram Afif.
Al Shamal also managed to get the ball into the net off a header from Omar Mohammed in added time of the first half, but the goal was disallowed as Baghdad Bounedjah had pushed Al Sadd’s Moustafa Tarek Mashal resulting in a foul.
Al Sadd’s Guilherme Torres in the 19th minute sized up a powerful strike from about ten yards outside the box but the ball hit the crossbar on the left before flying over.
While Al Sadd held most of the ball possession, Al Shamal kept looking to make inroads and early in the second half, Mohamed Naceur Manai aimed for the left corner of the goal but his good kick was kept away by a diving Al Sadd goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham.
The deadlock was eventually broken when a long ball was headed by an Al Shamal defender only to find a charging Afif who beat a slew of defenders to move the right for an unmarked Abdurisag to score gleefully.
Al Shamal’s hopes were dashed again in the 86th minute as another Omar strike almost made it to the target but for the right hand of Barsham.
