Al Sadd vs Al-Rayyan SC 3-4

Al-Rayyan SC won 4-3 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium after a first half that left them 4-2 up, before Akram Afif pulled Al Sadd back within one in the 67th minute. Al Sadd pushed for an equaliser late on, but a VAR check in stoppage time cancelled a penalty for Boualem Khoukhi.

Al-Rayyan SC led in the 10th minute when Ahmed Alaaeldin opened the scoring, before Otávio made it 2-0 in the 13th minute from Gabriel Pereira's assist. Roberto Firmino reduced the deficit in the 21st minute, set up by Giovani Henrique Amorim da Silva, only for Róger Guedes to restore the two-goal cushion a minute later, again from Gabriel Pereira's pass. Ahmed Alaaeldin then scored his second of the match in the 28th minute from Ahmed Al Minhali's assist, and Giovani Henrique Amorim da Silva made it 4-2 in the 42nd minute, with Tarek Salman providing the pass. That left Al-Rayyan SC 4-2 up at half-time.

Al Sadd had more of the ball after the break and kept pressing. They made two changes in the 71st minute, sending on Yusuf Abdurisag and Mohammed Muntari, while Al-Rayyan SC also made two changes in the 72nd minute and another two in the 85th minute. Afif's goal in the 67th minute set up a tense finish, but Al Sadd could not find another, even after the late VAR intervention.

The numbers favoured Al Sadd in several areas, with 53% possession, 419 passes to 382, 13 shots to 8, 7 corners to 1 and 1.98 expected goals to 1.54. Al-Rayyan SC, though, had 6 shots on target to Al Sadd's 5 and matched them for saves at 2 apiece. Al Sadd also committed 19 fouls to 15 and had 2 offsides to 1.

Hassan Al-Haydos was booked in the 2nd minute, then Jassem Gaber saw yellow in first-half stoppage time for Al-Rayyan SC. Ahmed Al Minhali was booked in the 52nd minute, Tarek Salman in the 54th, Ahmed Alaaeldin in the 68th and Paulo Otávio in the 90th minute plus 8, with no red cards shown.