The Arid Stars League will return with heavy-caliber matches in the thirteenth round, which begins tomorrow, Wednesday, after the tournament resumes after a week-long hiatus due to the Qatari-Emirati Super matches.
The difficult thirteenth round matches are summit matches in the truest sense of the word, as they bring together teams close in points, and in most competitions, they struggle with each other.
The tour will witness the summit of the summits that bring together Al Rayyan with Al Duhail, Al Gharafa with Al Ahly, Al Shamal with Umm Salal and Al Arabi with Al Wakrah, in addition to the summit of the fiery bottom between Al Shahaniya and Al Khor and finally Al Sadd with Qatar.
Dangerous peak
All expectations confirm that the match between Al Rayyan, fifth (16 points) and Al Duhail, the leaders (28 points), will be a dangerous summit by all standards, as it brings together two of the strongest teams, with a struggle and strong competition, and both of them have no alternative but victory, as Al Rayyan seeks to continue winning and competing for the semi-finals. Al-Duhail hopes to continue victories in order to avoid persecuting the leader. The summit’s slogan is revenge on the part of Al Rayyan, which suffered a harsh loss to its competitor, going four-to-one.
A fiery confrontation
In the struggle for the semi-finals and the struggle for runner-up and second place, Al-Gharafa, fourth (24 points), clashes with Al-Ahly, third (23 points), and the match is expected to be strong and fiery, as the Panthers fight to continue moving forward and hold on to the hopes of competing for the title, while at the same time improving their ranking. , and Al-Ahly with the same goal, as it dreams of winning the title for the first time in its history and continuing in the golden square. The match will be very strong due to the high level of both teams
A mysterious encounter
Despite the difference between the two teams’ standings and the points difference, the match between the runner-up leader (25 points) and Qatar XI (10 points) may be an ambiguous match, as the leader suffers offensively and also suffers morally after losing to Al-Wasl in the Qatari-Emirati Super Cup and after he failed to score. For the first time, the match is extremely important for both teams, as Al Sadd do not want to move away from Al Duhail more than three points in order to continue defending their title, and Qatar wants, in every possible way, to break out of the bottleneck. And avoid the danger of decline that threatens it so badly.
Fierce struggle
Al-Shamal’s sixth meeting (16 points) with Umm Salal’s eighth (14 points) witnesses a fierce struggle between two wounded teams that lost the last round, and they are seeking to regain victories, in addition to Umm Salal’s efforts to restore its image, which was shaken after the heavy loss to Al-Ahly 3-6 in the last round, and it will be The confrontation is strong, especially since the north is competing for the safety zone and may be competing for the golden square, which is largely the same as Amal Umm Salal.
Saddam is on fire
The match between Al-Wakrah, seventh (14 points), and Al-Arabi, ninth (13 points), will be a heated confrontation, as Al-Arabi will work with all its might to continue its victories, which came back in the last round with a big victory over Al-Shahaniya 3-1, in order to continue moving away from the bottom and catch up with the golden square struggle, while there is no alternative for them. Al-Wakrah can only work with all its might to stop its losses, whether the heavy loss to Al-Ahly 3-6 in the last round or the loss to Al-Wahda on penalty kicks in the Qatari-Emirati Super Cup.
top bottom
In a strong and difficult summit in the struggle for the bottom and the struggle for survival and relegation, Al-Shahaniya meets the tenth (11 points) with the twelfth and last Al-Khor (7 points). This confrontation is a cup final in which there is no alternative to victory, and they struggle to escape from the bottom and advance towards the safety zone. And never go down again.