Al Sailiya and Al Kharaitiyat will face off in the 2021-2022 season’s Relegation Play-Off. The kick-off is at 18:30 at the Al Gharafa Stadium on Saturday, 19th March, 2022.

The match determines who will earn the right to play in the 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League.

The Play-Off pits the 11th-placed team in the QNB Stars League (Al Sailiya) against runners-up (Al Kharaitiyat) in the Second Division of 2021-2022 season.

The losers will play in the Second Division in the forthcoming season.

The match regulations stipulate that in the event of a tie at the end of regular time, an extra time of 30 minutes, divided into two halves, will be used. If the game is still tied, penalty shoot-out will be enforced.

This is the last chance for both teams to be in next season’s top flight.

Al Sailiya could only finish 11th in the QNB Stars League and 12th-placed Al Khor got straightaway relegated, while Al Kharaitiyat could only end up behind Second Division champions Al Markhiya, who directly earned promotion to the First Division.

Al Sailiya finished with 16 points, the same as Al Khor, but The Peregrines were placed ahead on better goal difference (-19 as against Al Khor’s -25).

Al Sailiya, coached by Sami Trabelsi for long, registered three victories, seven draws and 12 defeats. The Tunisian would want from his wards nothing but victory against Al Kharaitiyat.

On the other hand, Al Kharaitiyat, who were relegated to the Second Division at the end of 2020-2021 season QNB Stars League, came second in the Second Division this time with 29 points (nine victories, two draws and three defeats).

It may be noted that Al Sailiya had beaten Al Kharaitiyat by a 2-0 margin in both legs of 2020-2021 season QNB Stars League.