Match Report
Al Sadd comfortably beat Al-Gharafa 4-1 on 5 September 2026. Yusuf Abdurisag opened the scoring inside the first 5 minutes for Al Sadd, set up by Roberto Firmino, to make it 1-0. Cláudio Luiz Rodrigues Parise Leonel added to the tally inside the first 12 minutes for Al Sadd, set up by Akram Afif, to make it 2-0. Akram Afif added to the tally 50 minutes into the game for Al Sadd, set up by Pedro Miguel, to make it 3-0. Yacine Brahimi got one back late on, in the 82nd minute for Al-Gharafa, set up by Florinel Coman, to make it 1-3. Roberto Firmino added to the tally in the 93rd minute for Al Sadd, set up by Boualem Khoukhi, to make it 4-1. Seydou Sano (59'), Ferjani Sassi (67') and Fabricio Díaz (78') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Al Sadd 225 points stronger than Al-Gharafa. 2 goals came after the 80th minute. On current ratings the model favours Al Sadd at 75.3% in this pairing, and Al Sadd won this one.