International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Duhail and Al Shabab are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Quarter-finals.
It's no vacation for neither Duhail nor Al Shabab 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 Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Champions League.Al Duhail have performed here at Al Thumama Stadium this season with 6 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw vs Al Rayyan in the AFC Champions League last time out and are hoping for a victory here. Defender Al-Rawi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.41/10. Al-Rawi hit three key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Al Markhiya.Duhail can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 19 times. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Shabab form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Shabab playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
The fans enjoyed Al Shabab's previous fixture versus Nasaf, a AFC Champions League win (2-0) played at home. Banega got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, top player of the team. Banega scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 84 successful passes (of 98 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Abha in the Pro League.The travelling fans enjoy Al Shabab's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. Shabab have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 12 goals |   M. Olunga Ogada 10 goals |  C. Guanca 7 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Al Shabab missing players
| Al Duhail | Al Shabab | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 64 | 41 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 44% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Duhail | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Qatar SC | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 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 Nassr | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Dhamk | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Ta'ee | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Abha | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Al Raed | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Al Ittifaq | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -33 | 3 |
