The eighteenth round ignited the conflict in the Doha Bank Stars League from top to bottom, after the unexpected results and the surprises it witnessed, which were surprises of a heavy caliber, the most prominent and important of which was the wide victory of Umm Salal over Al Sadd, the defending champion and leader, in addition to the fall of Al Rayyan against Al Shahania, Al Gharafa against Qatar, and Al Wakrah against Al Shamal, in addition to Al Arabi drawing with Al Ahly while Al Duhail achieved a landslide victory.
Umm Salal unleashed the biggest surprise this season, not only by defeating the leading leader and first contender for the shield, but also by a landslide victory by five to two goals, which is undoubtedly an unprecedented historical victory for the Barzan Falcons. Qatar achieved an important victory over Al-Gharafa with two goals, which is the king’s first victory in a long time.
Al-Shamal came and snatched an exciting and deadly victory with an unanswered goal over Al-Wakrah, a victory that was not expected, especially regardless of Al-Shamal being in second place and Al-Wakrah in eighth place.
Al Shahaniya pulled off another big surprise by defeating Al Rayyan by two goals to one after being one goal behind.
Al-Arabi and Al-Ahly fell into the trap of a draw with a goal each, which is a draw that is not beneficial for either the dream team or the dean. Al-Duhail returned to major victories and achieved a crushing victory over Al-Sailiya by four without a response.
These results first brought life back to the Shield and title struggle after the points difference remained the same at 4 points between Al-Sadd, the leader and the first-place holder with 38 points, and between Al-Shamal, which became runner-up with 34 points and has a postponed match with Al-Arabi, and if it wins this match, the difference between it and Al-Sadd will be reduced to one point.
Square struggle
While Al Rayyan lost all chances of competing for the Shield after its score stopped at 28 points in fourth place, and in fact its position on continuing in the golden square became very difficult due to the victory of Qatar, which remained fifth with 27 points, and the difference between it and Al-Raheb became one point.
Despite Al-Arabi’s draw, it is still in the heart of the competition for the square
Battle for survival
In the battle for survival and relegation, Umm Salal became close to reaching the safety zone with its great victory over Al Sadd and its score rising to 19 points in ninth place.
Al-Shahaniya also moved away from the bottom with its victory over Al-Rayyan and its score rose to 17 points in tenth place. On the other hand, the position of Al-Ahly and Al-Sailiya worsened, as they fell to the last two places, Al-Sailiya 15 points and fell to last place.