Al Wakrah overturn two-goal deficit to beat Al-Arabi SC 3-2 in Qatar Stars League

Al Wakrah secured a dramatic win over visitors Al-Arabi SC by a score of 3-2 in matchday seven of the Qatar Stars League, in a match played at 17:30 Saudi time (the same as Damascus time) and broadcast by Al Kass channel.

Michael Olunga Ogada opened the scoring for Al-Arabi SC in the 38th minute, then doubled his team's lead right before the end of the first half in the 45th minute, sending the two sides into the break with the home side trailing by two goals.

In the second half, Al Wakrah led the comeback, as Nasser Al Yazidi scored to narrow the gap in the 69th minute, before El Amine Zouhzouh added the equaliser in the 83rd minute, and Gelson Dala completed the job with the winning goal in the 88th minute.

In stoppage time, Al-Arabi SC player Alexis Rafael Pérez Fontanilla was sent off in the 90+11th minute.

Michael Olunga Ogada received the man of the match award with a rating of 9.06 after scoring two goals in 81 minutes played.

In terms of statistics, Al-Arabi SC dominated possession with 60 per cent compared to 40 per cent for Al Wakrah, and completed 425 passes compared to 278 for the home side. On the other hand, Al Wakrah were more threatening in attack with 23 shots compared to 12 for Al-Arabi SC, including 8 shots on target compared to 5, in addition to 9 corner kicks compared to 6 in favour of Al-Arabi SC.

With this result, Al-Arabi SC rose to third place with 12 points from 6 matches after 3 wins and 3 draws without any defeats, while Al Wakrah dropped to sixth place with 8 points from 6 matches after two wins, two draws and two defeats.