AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Al Wihdat and Al Sadd meet at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Al Sadd have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Al Wihdat nor Al Sadd as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Wihdat form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium as Al Wihdat have scored 25 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ahmed Abdel Sattar Nawwas not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Al Wihdat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-5 away defeat in the AFC Champions League fixture against Al Sadd.
Wihdat are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Al Faisaly awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Al Wihdat are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 11 league matches. Wihdat have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Sadd form and stats
Al Sadd was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.The away performances of Al Sadd have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
The supporters enjoyed Sadd's previous game versus Al Wihdat, a AFC Champions League win (5-2) played at home. Cazorla, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Cazorla scored one goal, hit six key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
As mentioned earlier, Al Sadd will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in eight wins (six by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and one surprising defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al Sadd manager Carlos as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nasaf.
The Al Sadd manager Carlos has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 47 goals in 11 league matches away. Sadd have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Wihdat and Al Sadd have faced each other before this season: Al Sadd - Al Wihdat 5-2. Statistics for the prior three meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Wihdat, zero draws and three wins for Al Sadd. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 13 goals |  A. Afif 13 goals |
Al Wihdat missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Wihdat | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 41 | 79 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.1 | 15.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Faisaly | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Sadd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Nasaf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Wihdat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Wihdat | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 30 | 47 |
| 2 | Al Ramtha | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Salt | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Al Faysali | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ordon | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Al Hussein | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 33 |
| 7 | Al Jazeera | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Sahab | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Aqaba | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 10 | Ma'an | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Jalil | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Buqa'a | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | -45 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Sadd | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 56 | 62 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 35 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -19 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | -25 | 16 |
