Al Kharaitiyat snatched a vital point in their quest to stave off relegation to the Qatar Gas League in their 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Al Khor.
Battling relegation fears, 12th-placed Al Kharaitiyat owed it to Yahia Kebe’s 88th minute header at Al Khor Stadium, to keep the Thunders out of the QSL relegation zone with two games to go.   
Kharaitiyat pushed hard in the opening exchanges; however it was Khor took the lead through a powerful strike from Korean midfielder Park Hee-do on the 28th minute. Khor broke at Al Kharaitiyat with Reza Shanbeh leading the charge. His well-timed pass was met with a superb first touch from Park who unleashed a powerful shot from outside the area, which nestled into the bottom left of the net, a fine strike worthy of opening the scoring in the tie.   
Despite pushing hard to get back into the clash, Kharaitiyat couldn’t grab a vital equaliser before half time whistle, with the score 1-0 to Khor at the break.   
Al Kharaitiyat looked edgy in the opening exchanges of the second half, Amir Osim’s side knew that they had to get a result from the tie to ease relegation fears. Eventually they found their feet, only to be stopped by a robust Khor back-line.   
Kharaitiyat left it late for the equaliser, in what was their best play of the match. In the 88th minute, a lofted ball from Abdulla al-Battat found Yahia Kebe, the Burkina Faso stiker headed to partner Hassan Abdel-Fattah who promptly headed the ball back to him. The resulting diving header went past Khor stopper Papa Djibril, for Kebe’s 16th goal of the season, giving Kharaitiyat a share of the spoils.  It may of not been the most glamorous goal for Kebe, but it could prove to be his most crucial should Al Kharaitiyat beat the drop this season.