Sitra stun Manama in football league

TDT | Manama                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com   

Sitra stunned Manama 2-0 last night while Al Ahli and Hidd played to a 1-1 deadlock in their week 13 matches on the 2022/2023 Nasser bin Hamad Bahrain Premier Football League.

Hamza Al Hamami and Seydina Laye Dabo were both on target for Sitra in their fine win.

Sitra scored their first goal after only three minutes when Al Hamami fired in from the inside edge of the penalty box.

After intercepting a Manama pass, Al Hamami hit a right-footed attempt under pressure that flew past Manama goaleeer Ammar Mohammed Jaafar into the bottom-right corner of goal.

Sitra then continued their dream start to the contest and doubled their advantage only 11 minutes later with a brilliant volley by Dabo from several metres outside the area.

Dabo was on the receiving end of a Manama attempt to clear the ball and with one touch sent the ball into the net from long range.

Both teams tried hard to add to the score line from there, but neither could find the finishing touch.

Sitra came away with their sixth win in 13 matches and they improved to 23 points on the league standings.

Manama, on the other hand, suffered their fourth loss and stayed on 24 points.

They headed into the contest as solo leaders, but may lose their place atop the table by the end of week 13.

Meanwhile, in Ahli’s draw with Hidd, Abdulla Al Subaie opened the scoring in the 30th minute to give Hidd the lead heading into the half-time break.

After the restart, Ahli were quick to equalise as Marcolino Neto Silva struck in the 58th minute.

The match remained level over the final half-hour and Ahli and Hidd came away with a share of the points.

Ahli went to 19 markers on the standings after their fourth stalemate, while Hidd improved to 18 with their third draw.