AFC Champions League match preview: Al Rayyan versus Al Hilal

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Mon 11.April
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (68752 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Al Rayyan at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Hilal with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Al Rayyan form and stats

Rayyan participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Rayyan so far this season.

Al Rayyan are returning here after guesting Istiqlol Dushanbe in a AFC Champions League match and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. The attacking player Brahimi was named "man of the match" for Al Rayyan with a rating of 8.63/10. Brahimi scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 13 of 16 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rayyan as they are travelling to their away game against Al Sharjah in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

The Al Rayyan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Al Rayyan are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (25 from 11 played).

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Al Hilal form and stats

Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the finals.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 5 draws and only 0 losses in the Pro League.

The followers enjoyed Hilal's previous game versus Al Sharjah, a AFC Champions League win (2-1) played at home. The attacker Michael got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Michael scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 34 total).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Istiqlol Dushanbe in just four days.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Al Rayyan wins - draws - Al Hilal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al HilalM. Marega
M. Marega
11 goals
Al RayyanY. Boli
Y. Boli
8 goals

Al Rayyan missing players

Al Hilal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Rayyan Al Hilal
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   8 25
10 5   Won W   5 16
4 2   Drew D   3 5
11 6   Lost L   0 4
38 20   Scored S   17 53
41 26   Conceded C   6 26
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
68% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
32% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 24%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 52%
20% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 36%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   0% 16%
 
5 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.6
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   2.1 3.2
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
5 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
9.4 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.9
4.3 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 42%
 
9 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   8.5 9
4.4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 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 Rayyan 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Istiqlol Dushanbe 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 Al Sharjah 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
  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
  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 Ittihad 25 19 3 3 54 20 13 11 1 1 30 7 12 8 2 2 24 13 34 60
2 Al Hilal 23 14 7 2 47 23 13 9 2 2 27 14 10 5 5 0 20 9 24 49
3 Al Nassr 25 15 3 7 44 31 12 8 1 3 24 15 13 7 2 4 20 16 13 48
4 Al Shabab 25 13 8 4 46 31 13 8 4 1 27 12 12 5 4 3 19 19 15 47
5 Dhamk 25 12 6 7 34 34 12 7 4 1 16 10 13 5 2 6 18 24 0 42
6 Abha 25 9 5 11 26 39 13 7 3 3 17 16 12 2 2 8 9 23 -13 32
7 Al Fateh 25 8 7 10 36 30 12 5 2 5 26 16 13 3 5 5 10 14 6 31
8 Al Feiha 24 7 9 8 19 19 11 6 4 1 10 3 13 1 5 7 9 16 0 30
9 Al Raed 25 8 5 12 29 37 12 6 2 4 13 10 13 2 3 8 16 27 -8 29
10 Al Ahli 25 6 10 9 33 36 13 4 6 3 22 17 12 2 4 6 11 19 -3 28
11 Al Faisaly 25 6 10 9 25 33 13 6 5 2 19 13 12 0 5 7 6 20 -8 28
12 Al Ta'ee 25 8 3 14 25 41 12 5 2 5 19 20 13 3 1 9 6 21 -16 27
13 Al Taawon 25 5 11 9 39 42 12 3 5 4 18 17 13 2 6 5 21 25 -3 26
14 Al Batin 25 6 7 12 24 35 13 5 4 4 16 16 12 1 3 8 8 19 -11 25
15 Al Ittifaq 24 5 9 10 28 39 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 2 4 6 15 24 -11 24
16 Al Hazm 25 3 5 17 15 34 12 2 4 6 11 15 13 1 1 11 4 19 -19 14

Table
  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 Rayyan 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Istiqlol Dushanbe 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 Al Sharjah 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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