Match Report
Before the match
Al-Duhail SC's previous five results comprised two wins and three draws. Their goal totals were 10 scored and 5 conceded, with no defeats. Al Sadd were their latest opponents, away on 18 October: a 3-2 win; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 away to Al Shamal on 8 October.
Al-Duhail SC visited Al Sadd on 18 October (Qatar Stars League) and won 3-2; their goals totalled three, compared with two conceded. Al Shamal hosted Al-Duhail SC (Qatar Stars League) on 8 October. For Al-Duhail SC, the score was 4-0: four goals scored, zero allowed. 1-1 was Al-Duhail SC's result against Al Shahaniya on 12 September (Qatar Stars League), playing at home; Al-Duhail SC drew, with one scored to one conceded. The 5 September fixture (Qatar Stars League) paired Al-Duhail SC with Al-Rayyan SC. Al-Duhail SC drew 1-1 away from home, netting one goal while conceding one. Playing at home against Al-Arabi SC (Qatar Stars League), Al-Duhail SC finished 1-1 on 29 August. Their score comprised one goal, against one from the opposition.
Lusail City: one win, three draws and one defeat over five games; seven goals scored, four conceded, keeping three clean sheets. Latest: a 0-0 draw at home to Al Shamal on 17 October; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 at home to Al Wakrah on 4 September.
Playing at home against Al Shamal (Qatar Stars League), Lusail City finished 0-0 on 17 October. Their score comprised zero goals, against zero from the opposition. 10 October: Lusail City lost 0-1 against Al Shahaniya away from home in Qatar Stars League, scoring zero goals and allowing one. Against Al-Gharafa in Qatar Stars League, Lusail City scored zero and conceded zero on 11 September; the away from home result was 0-0. Lusail City's at home game on 4 September (Qatar Stars League) ended 4-0 against Al Wakrah, with four goals for and zero against. On 28 August, Al Ahli Doha faced Lusail City in Qatar Stars League: Lusail City drew 3-3 away from home, having scored three and conceded three.
After the match
Al-Duhail SC beat Lusail City 3-1 at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha on 24 October 2026. Almoez Ali opened the scoring in the 40th minute for Al-Duhail SC, set up by Mubarak Shanan Hamza, to make it 1-0. Rodrigo Machado levelled it late on, in the 89th minute for Lusail City, set up by Farhad Zavoshi, to make it 1-1. Al-Duhail SC regained the lead through Boubakary Soumaré in the 94th minute, set up by Sekou Oumar Yansané, to make it 2-1. Almoez Ali added to the tally in the 101st minute for Al-Duhail SC, set up by Ibrahima Bamba, to make it 3-1. Boubakary Soumaré (44'), Almoez Ali (46'), Omid Ebrahimi (60'), Khaled Mohammed (61'), Bassam Al-Rawi (84') and Ibrahima Bamba (99') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Al-Duhail SC 156 points stronger than Lusail City. 3 gols came after the 80th minute. Al-Duhail SC's victory matches the model's current-rating preference: 68% for a win in this pairing. Al-Duhail SC's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive wins in the 2026 Emir Cup and the 2026/27 Qatar Stars League. Expected goals put the gap at 2.46 to 0.51. four yellow cards went to Al-Duhail SC. Al-Duhail SC: two substitutions. Lusail City picked up two yellow cards. Lusail City: four substitutions.