Tribune News Network
Doha
Al Duhail beat Al Arabi 3-2 in the second round match of Group B of the Ooredoo Cup 2022-2023 season at the Al Wakrah Stadium on Monday.
Al Duhail’s Michael Olunga continued from where he left off in their Round 1 match against Al Markhiya, where he scored a hat-trick in their 8-3 victory. The Kenyan striker did an encore this time by scoring The Red Knights’ all three goals (second, 61st and 70th minutes).
Ibrahim Nasser Kalla (53rd minute) and Hamed Ismail (85th-minute penalty) scored for Al Arabi.
Al Duhail thus moved on to six points, while Al Arabi stood on three points from their 1-0 victory over Al Shamal in Round 1.
Al Markhiya, Al Shamal, Al Gharafa and Al Rayyan are the other teams in Group B.
Group A consists of Al Sadd, Al Wakrah, Umm Salal, Al Ahli, Qatar SC and Al Sailiya.
It was an encounter between teams who are in the top rung of 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League, which has taken a break.
While Al Arabi are topping the league table with 16 points, Al Duhail are third with 14 points after seven weeks of action. Interestingly, Al Duhail had prevailed over Al Arabi in the league championship 3-0 and it has been the only loss of the season so far for Younes Ali’s wards.
In the other matches of the day, Al Gharafa and Al Shamal played out a goalless draw while Al Markhiya rallied to hold Al Rayyan 1-1.
Al Markhiya were trailing 0-1 at half-time, after Hisham Kamal conceded an own goal in the 42nd minute, but they bounced back in early second half with a goal from Abdulhadi Amin Noman in the 61st minute.
