DOHA: Hosts Qatar on Tuesday produced a slick performance on home turf to rout Maldives 4-0 in their 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup joint-qualifying match. Two goals by Boualem Khoukhi (28 and 68), a second-half strike by Mohammed Kasolo (69) and Mohamed Musa's goal in injury time saw the home side cantered to their fifth consecutive win in Group C. Qatar now lead the group with 15 points from five matches. The reigning Gulf champions are now five points clear of second-placed Hong Kong. Also on Tuesday, Hong Kong stunned hosts Bhutan 1-0 in the other Group C Clash. Al Anabi now require just two more victories at most to automatically progress from the group into the next round of qualification. It was Qatar's second home victory in less than a week, after beating rivals China 1-0 in the same Al Sadd stadium 1-0 on October 8. Qatar dominated the first-half in terms of possession and opportunities and went into the interval with a deserved 1-0 lead thanks a well-worked team move that was capped by Khoukhi’s 28th minute opener at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. The pattern of a dominant Qatar side frustrated by a compact defence, well-drilled by New Zealand’s 2010 FIFA World Cup-qualifying coach Ricki Herbert, continued in the second-half with the home side having a number of opportunities to add to their tally. Qatar eventually made it 2-0 when Kasola connected with a 69th minute corner and then, just 60 seconds after the Al Sadd defender had side-footed home his second goal of the qualifiers, Al Arabi star Khoukhi scored his second of the match. Qatar would add one more to the 23 goals that they had amassed during the qualifiers thus far, with Musa scoring the fourth of the match two minutes into second-half stoppage time. Qatar visit Bhutan for their match on November 17.