Al Khor registered their first victory in the 2021-2022 season QNB Stars League by beating Qatar SC 2-1 in Week 11 at the Qatar SC Stadium on Thursday.

Giannis Fetfatzidid (45+1 and 77th minutes) scored for Al Khor. The Knights moved on to seven points.

Sebastian Soria pulled one back for Qatar SC in the 78th minute. The Kings stood on 12 points following their fifth defeat.

Al Khor, who had lost 0-3 to defending champions Al Sadd in Week 10, seemed determined to put behind that disappointment and attacked from the start.

Ahmed Al Mohannadi came close to scoring on two occasions. First, he sent his angular shot from close wide of the target in the 14th minute and then his shot in similar fashion was deflected out by Qatar SC defender Mohammed Salem in the 20th minute.

Fetfa and Ahmed Al Mohannadi led Al Khor’s attacks.

In contrast, Qatar SC were coming off their victory over Al Rayyan.

Soria, who had netted their all-important goal against Al Rayyan, was their livewire in the first half, with Bashar Resan in supporting role. Soria too had a close call with the goal, but his shot was blocked by Al Khor goalkeeper Baba Djibril.

The first-half injury time saw brisk action.

Qatar SC’s Eisa Ahmed’s attempt was deflected out.

Soon, Al Khor took the lead off a counter-attack as Fetfa beat his marker Muataz Majed and goalkeeper Jassim Al Hail before sending his shot into the net.

Qatar SC were a resurgent lot in the second half. They brought in Anthony Okpotu and he created some waves at the rival goal.

However, amid Qatar SC’s attacks, Al Khor doubled the lead, with Fetfa again finding the mark. This time, he only had to head into an almost open net off a cross from the left by Ismail Haddad.

Qatar SC were quick to respond and reduced the margin the next minute through Soria’s opportunistic goal, with Okpotu doing the spadework from the right.

Qatar SC pressed hard for an equaliser towards the end, in vain.