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<p>Akram Afif led the charge with a hat-trick as reigning champions Al Sadd put it across Al Sailiya 3-0 in Week 14 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Sadd Stadium on Saturday.</p><p>Akram scored in the third, 48th (penalty) and 54th minutes.</p><p>Al Sadd moved on to 30 points with their 10th victory, while Al Sailiya stood on 17 points after crashing to their sixth defeat.</p><p>The Wolves, who had lifted the season-opening Sheikh Jassim Cup (Super Cup), recently added the 2020 Qatar Cup to their trophy cabinet by defeating Al Duhail 4-0 in the final. And they are now on course towards retaining the title.</p><p>Meanwhile, Al Sailiya, who had lost 1-3 to Al Sadd in the first leg of 2019-20 QNB Stars League, saw their woes being compounded following their exit from the 2020 AFC Champions League play-off, where they lost to Iran's Shahr Khodro on penalties.</p><p>Akram started the scoring spree by slotting home a rebound from Al Sailiya goalkeeper Khalifa Aboobacker, whose block off a Baghdad Bounedjah cross from the left came Akram’s way.</p><p>Al Sadd were on the ascendancy, with Bounedjah, Nam Tae-Hee, Abdulkarim Hassan and Ali Asad all making forays.</p><p>Al Sailiya mainly had attempts by Maher Yousef and Karim Ansari to show in the first half.</p><p>It was Al Sadd almost all the way against an Al Sailiya side which found the going more tough in the second half.</p><p>Akram converted from the spot his and team’s second goal after the penalty was awarded by referee Salman Falahi for Mohammed Mdather of Al Sailiya.</p><p>Akram placed home the ball from the acutest of angles with help from Bounedjah as he rounded off the tally.</p>