Muharraq have taken charge of their hugely exciting, two-horse title race with Al Khaldiya in the 2025-26 Nasser bin Hamad Bahrain Premier Football League.
The defending champions edged past their chief championship rivals 2-1 in a thriller played this evening at the National Stadium in Riffa.
Brazilian professional Arther Rodrigues Rezende fired in a brace to help lift Muharraq to the all-important result, which propelled them to first place on the table – leapfrogging Khaldiya – with only one matchweeek remaining this season.
Dominique Mendy scored the lone consolation for Khaldiya, who had to play the last quarter-hour of regular time and 12 minutes of second-half injury time a man down after goalkeeper Ricardo Manuel da Silva was sent off.
Despite their defeat, Khaldiya are still in the title fight but are now a point behind Muharraq.
The league’s 22nd and concluding round is scheduled for this weekend, with Khaldiya facing Al Najma on Friday and Muharraq going up against A’ali on Sunday.
More in tomorrow's GDN and online.
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