Doha: Football giants Al Rayyan will be looking to maintain their domination when they will take on Al Khor as the fifth round of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) will kick off this weekend.
Al Rayyan who made a comeback to the prestigious league after missing the last year’s season sit atop of the league after an exhilarating start to their season.
The Peninsula takes a look at round 5 matches as some mouth-watering clashes are on the cards next week.
Saturday
Al Ahli versus Al Kharaitiyat will kick off the weekend as the Brigadiers look for their first home win in their newly refurbished stadium.
Al Khor will play Al Rayyan who sit top of the standings, the Knights will be looking for their first league win but will have a tough time of it against the Lions.
Al Wakrah play fellow strugglers Al Sailiya at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in the later kick off and newly promoted Mesaimeer will be looking for their first win this Saturday against Umm Salal but that won’t be an easy task.
Sunday
The big match of the weekend sees Al Gharafa, who is yet to lose face up against El Jaish who finished 3rd last year. Al Sadd will play Qatar SC who continue to struggle after a poor start to the season and then the QSL Champions Lekhwiya will play in the other late kick off and will face Gianfranco Zola’s Al Arabi who will be looking to win after losing to Gharafa in the previous Round.
Meanwhile, Al Sailiya’s training session was attended by the Club President Abdullah Al Aidah who was keen to show his support for the team. He hoped that his visit would raise the spirit of the players and focus their minds ahead of the match against Al Wakrah in round 5 of the QSL.
The training session also witnessed the presence of the General Secretary Mohamed Ali Al Marri, the Assistant General Secretary and Head of Football Abdullah Al Hanzab, the Deputy Head of Football Abdullah Darwish, the Sports Officer Hadi Al Marri, the Media Officer Nasser Al Muftah, the Team Manager Waleed Al Mannai and team official Faisal Mohamed. Al Sailiya are currently 11th in the standings with just three points.
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