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<p>Al Gharafa defeated Al Ahli 3-1 in Week 4 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Sadd Stadium on Thursday.</p><p>Al Ahli took the lead against the run of play through Abdelrahman Moustafa in the 11th minute, only to see Al Gharafa make a brilliant comeback.</p><p>Sofianne Hanni (47th minute) and Ahmed Alaaeldin (76th minute) scored for Al Gharafa, who were also helped by an own goal by Majed Mohammed in the 77th minute.</p><p>The red card to Mohammed Al Abbassi in the 73rd minute made matters worse for Al Ahli as they conceded two more goals since then.</p><p>Al Gharafa took their points tally to 10 with their third victory, having defeated Al Shahania (3-0) and Qatar SC (3-1). The Cheetahs drew goalless with Al Rayyan in their other game.</p><p>Al Gharafa are now equal with Al Arabi on 10 points.</p><p>The result ended Al Ahli’s two-match winning run. The Brigadiers had lost 1-3 to Al Ahli in the first round, but then defeated Al Sailiya 3-0 and Al Khor 3-2 to be on six points.</p><p>Al Gharafa had more of the exchanges throughout the game, the highlight fixture in Week 4 of the QNB Stars League.</p><p>However, Al Ahli took a surprise lead when Abdelrahman Moustafa latched on to a long pass from the middle by Mohammed Diamy and evaded Hector Moreno before slotting the ball home past Al Gharafa goalkeeper Qasim Burhan.</p><p>Al Gharafa had Koo Ja-Cheol’s rising shot that hit the crossbar to show for their efforts in the first half.</p><p>Hanni helped Al Gharafa draw parity before long after resumption but,  since then, there were a spate of attacks by Al Gharafa, with Adlene Guedioura, Hanni and Alaaeldin leading the charge.</p><p>Alaaeldin then found the mark himself and was instrumental in their third goal as Majed hit the former’s goal-bound shot home in a bid to clear the ball.</p>