KUWAIT: Salmiya Football Club defeated Al-Sahel during their third round match of Zain Kuwait football league on Thursday. Salmiya’s Jumaa Saeed headed his team’s first goal in the 16th minute while Sangpierre Mendy scored the second goal in the 78th minute of the match. Meanwhile Abdelmohsen Al-Ajmi scored Al-Sahel’s only goal in the 88th minute.

Salmiya now have seven points while Al-Sahel remain pointless. In the second match on Thursday, between Fahaheel and Nasr, the first goal of the match was scored by Nasr’s Mohammad Duhar in the 28th minute as referee Mustafa Al-Shatti showed Nasr’s player Fahad Al-Enezi a red card in the 17th minute. Fahaheel players were not able to respond during the first half, but in the latter part of the second half, substitute Abdallah Al-Dhafiri scored the equalizer in the 79th minute. Fahaheel’s Fawaz Al-Rashidi then scored the second goal and the third goal just before the end of game.

Meanwhile, Tadhamon Football Club had their first win on Friday by defeating Jahra 1-0. Tadhamon goal was scored from the penalty spot in the seventh minute following a foul by Jahra goal keeper Bader Al-Saanoon. The final match on Friday was between Qadisiya and Kazma which saw Qadisiya losing 1-3 at home. Kazma was able to reach Qadisiya’s zone easily and were able to score the first goal in the 33rd minute.

A second goal was scored by Shibeeb Al-Khaldi in the 51st minute. In the 54th minute, Al-Khaldi scored again. Also, Qadisiya scored their only goal in the 70th minute as Bader Al-Mutawa scored from the penalty spot. Kazma now have 7 points, while Qadisiya have 6 points.