QNB Stars League at the End of the Race

Doha, April 04 (QNA) - The 20th round of the QNB Stars League for the 2020/2021 sports season ended, leaving only two rounds remaining to end the season. Al-Sadd, the league champion, maintained their unbeaten record defeating Al-Gharafa 2-0 in a match during which Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez played a group of substitute players, and despite this, Al-Sadd confirmed their superiority to reach the 54th point in first place, while Al-Gharafa continued their negative results staying at 30 points, it drops to sixth place after it was fifth before this round. Al-Duhail took second place on the table, after going up to 43 points, by beating Al Arabi in an exciting match that ended with a score of 3-2, and thus Al-Arabi's stopped at 26 points in seventh place, after receiving their eighth loss this season. Despite their loss to Umm Salal 3-2, Al-Rayyan maintained third place with 34 points, after Qatar Club stumbled against Al Sailiya. Al-Ahli club returned to the top four, taking advantage of the stumbling of Qatar ASC, after a thrilling win over Al-Kharaitiyat 2-1, in a match in which its defender Ibrahim Majed, who was the man of the match, scored the two winning goals, putting Al-Khraraitiyat in a very bad position, with 9 points in last place, with a six points difference from Al-Khor eleventh with 15 points, before the remaining two rounds, through which the team that will fall directly into the second division, and the team that will play the decisive match with the second-division championship runners-up, as well as the ranking The final of the teams this season. Umm Salal succeeded in achieving a victory over Al-Rayyan, giving them the sixth loss and avoiding the playoff game, after it was confirmed that they will not relegate directly by reaching the 18th point in tenth place and achieving the fourth victory this season. Al-Sailiya continued their strong performances after winning the Ooredoo Cup and succeeded in winning against Qatar ASC 2-1, going up to 26 points in eighth place, even in points with Al-Arabi, while Qatar ASC stooped at 31 in fifth place dropping from fourth. The only draw in this round was between Al-Wakrah and Al-Khor, where both teams were absent from scoring , and it seemed that both teams were content to obtain a single point, as Al-Wakrah went up to 23 points in ninth place to become completely far from the deciding match, while Al-Khor went up to 15 Point in 11th place. Matches of the 21st round will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday, as Qatar ASC plays with Al-Ahli, Al-Sadd with Al-Rayyan and Al-Khor with Al-Duhail, while Wednesday Umm Salal meets Al-Sailiya and Al-Arabi with Al-Kharaitiyat. It is noteworthy that the match between Al-Wakrah and Al-Gharafa in the twenty-first round was presented, which was held on March 16, and ended with Al-Wakrah winning with 2-0, due to Al-Gharafa's match against the Uzbek club AJMC in the pre-qualification round extension for the group stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League, which will be held Next Wednesday. (QNA)