Al-Shamal 0-4 Al Duhail: Four scorers end the unbeaten start at Al Bayt

Al Duhail went ahead through Krzysztof Piatek after 14 minutes and kept that lead to the interval. The match was settled in the second half, when two goals in five minutes put the visitors out of reach. A fourth arrived in the last minute.

Piatek, the Polish striker, scored in the 14th minute, and it was 1-0 at half-time. Oumar Sekou doubled the lead in the 67th minute. Five minutes later Almoez Ali, the Qatar international, made it three. In the 90th minute Mubarak Shanan hit a right-footed shot from outside the box into the bottom left corner for the fourth.

Al Shamal went into Thursday's match third on eight points and unbeaten in the league. This was their first league defeat of the campaign. Al Duhail started the week fifth with six points. The win takes them to nine and strengthens their place in the upper half of the table.

Facts from the league's own match report.