Al Taawon and Al Duhail get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Al Taawon form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far in the Pro League for Al Taawon at their home stadium (King Abdullah Sport City Stadium) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The Al Taawon boss den Brom and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sepahan in the AFC Champions League. Al-Nabet (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.12/10. Al-Nabet scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The manager den Brom will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pakhtakor in only four days.
Al Taawon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Taawon have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail was sent out of AFC Champions League in the group stage last season.Al Duhail's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Duhail collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Two trips in a row for Duhail, whose manager Crespo could celebrate last time after the AFC Champions League win against Pakhtakor. Defender Al-Rawi was the best team player with a rating of 8.33. Al-Rawi scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.
A quick return to home after this game, as Al Duhail are hosting Sepahan in the AFC Champions League only four days away.
Duhail are a potent attacking force on the road with their 30 goals in 11 league games. 12 goals have been conceded by Al Duhail in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Al Duhail - Al Taawon 1-2 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: three - zero - zero (Taawon wins - draws - Al Duhail wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 24 goals |   L. Tawamba Kana 15 goals |  A. Abdulla 7 goals |
Al Taawon missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Al Taawon | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 35 | 66 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 72% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Taawon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Pakhtakor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
