BAKARI Kone and Abdeslam Ouaddou scored in each half as Lekhwiya maintained its leadership at the top of the Qatar Stars League table after a comfortable 2-0 away win against Sailiya at the Al Rayyan Stadium on Thursday.
Lekhwiya thus maintained 100 per cent away record this season.
Sailiya’s home defeat increased to four in the twelfth round of QSL fixtures.
Moroccan defender Abdeslam Ouaddou put Lekhwiya ahead in the 41st minute, and they maintained the advantage till the end of the first half.
The game was evenly poised until the 87th minute when Ivory Coast international Bakari Kone wrapped up the points for Lekhwiya with his eighth goal of the season.
With this result Lekhwiya strengthened its grip on top spot with 29 points, four points ahead of the second-placed Gharaffa.
In the reverse fixture on the opening of the season, Lekhwiya had earlier inflicted a 4-0 defeat on Sailiya with all goals coming from Mohammed Razak’s efforts.
Meanwhile Al Sadd, Qatar Stars Cup champion, forced Rayyan to a 1- 1 draw after Fabio Cesar’s goal in the 37th minute of the first half was cancelled in the 82nd minute by Sadd’s South Korean Jung Soo-Lee.
The fierce rivalry between the two sides has placed it as a star fixture of the twelfth round.
Sadd remains fifth on the table with 19 points same as Rayyan with the same goal difference.
QSL defending champion Al Gharaffa will not be in action until Saturday when they take on Al Ahli, a team they beat by 7-1 on the opening day of the 2010-2011 QSL season.
In another Saturday fixture fourth- placed Qatar Sports Club will battle Kharaitiyat.
Third- placed Al Arabi will move to second if they beat Umm Salal on Friday at the Qatar Sports Club.
A battle of survival between the tenth and eleventh-placed teams will ensue when Khor faces Wakra at the Al-Khor Stadium.
Both sides are languishing at the bottom halves of the table and a win for either side will lift it above the other.
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