Al Rayyan lost to Al Gharafa 3-4 in the summit of the seventh round matches of the Expo Stars League, in a match that was held at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan club.
With this result, Al Rayyan’s points tally stopped at 15 points in second place in the standings, while Al Gharafa’s tally rose to 16 points in first place.
Al Rayyan took the lead in the 9th minute through Rodrigo Moreno, and Ashraf Ben Sharqi scored the second in the 20th minute. In the 44th minute, Brahimi scored the first goal for Al Gharafa, and Johan Boli equalized for Al Gharafa in the 50th minute. In the 61st minute, Brahimi scored the third goal for Al Gharafa. Tabata equalized for Al Rayyan in the 87th minute, and Fred Bouali scored the winning goal for Al Gharafa in the 90+5 minute.