In Saudi Arabia (Matchday 21), Al Feihia (10th) beat Abha (17th) 3-2. The home side's goals came from Zambian Fashion Sakala, who scored twice, and Moroccan Abdelhamid Sabiri.Gambian Musa Barrow scored one of the three goals for Al Taawon (4th) against Al-Akhdoud (3-1). Al Fateh (7th) and Damac (6th) drew 1-1. Algeria's Sofiane Bendebka opened the scoring for Al Fateh, but Cameroon's Georges-Kevin Nkoudou equalised. Al Ahli (3rd) won (4-1) at Al Tae. Algeria's Riyad Mahrez and Côte d'Ivoire's Franck Kessié scored once each, with the home side's goal coming from Ghana's Bernard Mensah. There was no winner between Al-Riyadh (15th) and Al-Raed (14th). Zimbabwean Knowledge Musona and Moroccan Karim El Barkaoui were the two scorers.
In the United Arab Emirates (Matchday 14), Al-Ain (2nd) beat Bani Yas (1-0) thanks to Congolese Josua Loulendo. Al-Nasr (7th) won at Al Jazira (3-2) thanks to Ivorian Abdoulaye Touré, Moroccan Ali Taarabt and Senegalese Moussa Ndiaye. Despite a goal from Cameroonian Petrus Boumal, Al-Bateh (9th) were dominated at home by Al-Wehda.
In Qatar (Matchday 14), Idrissa Doumbia of Côte d'Ivoire scored an injury-time winner to help Al-Ahli Doha beat Al Gharafa 2-1.
On matchday 16 of the Iraqi championship, Al Taleb (6th) defeated Baghdad (2-0) with a goal from Ghanaian Dennis Antwi. Duhok (3rd) overcame Karbala (2-1) thanks to Tunisian Imed Louati and Egyptian Ziad Ahmed. Al-Naft (8th) were held 1-1 by Al Minaa despite Nigerian Okiki Afolabi opening the scoring.
