Al Hilal SFC and Al Ittihad suffered only their second defeats of the season in stunning upsets on Monday.

Both suffered 2-1 losses, with Al Hilal beaten by Al Qadisiyah while Damac edged Al Ittihad.

Former Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was Al Qadisiyah's star, netting in the second and 90+3 minutes after Marcos Leonardo had drawn Al Hilal level in the 50th minute.

Damac also had a two-goal hero, with Georges-Kevin N'Koudou scoring in the 17th and 90+4 minutes with Karim Benzema having equalised for Al Ittihad in first half stoppage time.

The result left the pacesetters on 43 points, with Al Hilal ahead on goal difference.

Victory for Al Qadisiyah saw them moving up to 37 points, two ahead of Al Nassr who defeated Al Fateh 3-1 on Sunday. Damac moved up to 10th on 21 points.

Al Duhail SC's lead at the top of the Qatar Stars League was reduced to two points following their goalless draw with Al Rayyan on Thursday.

Al Gharafa capitalised on the leaders’ dropping points as their 2-0 win against Al Ahli took them to 27 points.

 

Al Sadd SC, meanwhile, suffered a 1-0 defeat against Qatar SC as they remained in third place on 25 points.

 

Al Ahli's defeat to Al Gharafa meant they stayed fourth, also on 25 points.

Shabab Al Ahli edged Ajman 2-1 on Saturday to book their spot in the UAE President's Cup semi-finals.

Also through to the last four stage were Al Jazira, who beat Al Ain SC 1-0 while Al Wasl defeated Al Ittihad Kalba 2-0 on Sunday.

 

The fourth semi-finalist will be decided on Monday with Baniyas playing Sharjah.

In UAE Pro League action earlier in the week, Sharjah maintained a two-point lead after a 1-0 defeat of Al Wasl, with Caio Lucas scoring the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute.

 

Shabab Al Ahli stayed two points behind after a 2-1 win against Al Jazira, with Federico Cartabia and Luka Milivojevic scoring after Khalifa Al Hammadi had put Al Jazira ahead.

Malkiya fell 2-1 to Al Hidd as the King's Cup kicked off with the preliminary round.

Bahrain were 4-0 winners over Busaiteen while East Riffa defeated A'Ali 2-0. Etehad Al Reef edged Umm Al Hassam 1-0 while Al Hala cruised 3-0 past Qalali.

 

In other matches, Budaiya edged Al Ittihad 3-2 while Al Ittifaq and Tadamun Buri beat Isa Town and Buri respectively by 1-0 margins.

 

The Round of 16 will be played on January 30.

Al Zawraa had to be satisfied with a 1-1 draw but maintained their position at the top of the Iraq Stars League.

The pacesetters had to come from behind to salvage a point with Hasan Abdulkareem drawing them level in the 41st minute after Nathaniel Nangolo had put Diyala ahead in the 20th minute.

 

The stalemate took Al Zawraa to 32 points, one ahead of Al Shorta who were held 2-2 by Newroz.

 

Al Talaba sit a point behind Al Shorta after a 1-0 win against Al Naft while Air Force SC dropped to sixth on 28 points following a 4-0 defeat against Al Najaf.

Kuwait SC cruised into the Kuwait Super Cup final after a 4-1 defeat of Al Salmiya.

 

They will meet Al Qadsia - who defeated Al Arabi 1-0 - in Tuesday's final.

Earlier in the week, Yousef Nasser scored from the penalty spot in the third minute of time added on to secure Kuwait SC a dramatic 2-1 win over Khaitan in the Kuwait Premier League.

 

The win took defending champions Kuwait SC level on 33 points with Al Arabi but ahead on goal difference after they had looked to have let victory slip away.

 

Mohamed Marhoon had given Kuwait SC the lead in the 33rd minute but Redha Abujabarah's own goal in the 82nd minute allowed Khaitan to draw level. Nasser, however, ensured the points for Kuwait SC with his coolly taken penalty.

 

Al Salmiya defeated Al Tadhamon 2-0 to stay third on 23 points, three clear of Al Fahaleel who defeated Al Yarmouk 4-1.

Five teams registered their second successive wins as the Lebanese Premier League resumed the past week.

Al Ansar lead the standings on goal difference after a 3-0 win over 10-man Racing with Safa - who defeated Al Riyadi Abbasiyah 2-1 - second.

 

Also registering second victories were Al Hikma, Al Ahed and Tadamon.

 

Al Hikma beat Bourj FC 3-1, Al Ahed edged Nejmeh 2-1 while Tadamon defeated Al Sahel 2-0. Defending champions Nejmeh dropped to sixth following their defeat.

Al Seeb returned to winning ways as they maintained their four-point lead in the Oman Pro League.

Held 1-1 by Al Nahda the last time out, Al Seeb made no mistakes against Ibri on Friday as they registered a 2-0 win to move to 34 points.

 

Al Nahda kept pace with a 2-0 defeat of Al Nasr while Oman Club remained third on 24 points after a 1-0 win against Saham.