International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Wihdat and Al Sadd are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Sadd have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Wihdat form and stats
Al Wihdat participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st preliminary round.Al Wihdat are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at King Fahd International Stadium. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Al Wihdat has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Wihdat has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Al Jazeera defeat 207 days ago. Ever since the Ma'an game Wihdat has been unbeatable here at King Fahd International Stadium producing four straight wins.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Foolad (0-1).
Wihdat are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Al Nassr awaits in three days.
The Wihdat fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Wihdat have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Al Sadd form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals.The strength of Al Sadd on their travels this season is incredible with 29 points collected from 11 Premier League away games. Al Sadd has 9-2-0 on the road, with 35 goals scored and 7 conceded. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Sadd as they haven't lost any of their last 27 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Rayyan game have they lost an away game, meaning Al Sadd has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
It was a AFC Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Nassr wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
The schedule is very tough for Al Sadd now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A AFC Champions League game at Foolad is waiting in only three days.
Sadd are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (35 goals from 11 away games). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 21 goals |  S. Cazorla González 13 goals |  R. Barbosa Tabata 10 goals |
Al Wihdat missing players
Al Sadd missing players
| Al Wihdat | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 28 | 75 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Foolad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Wihdat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 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 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 35 | 56 |
| 2 | Al Jazeera | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 44 |
| 3 | Al Ramtha | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Al Salt | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Faysali | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Al Hussein | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Ma'an | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Aqaba | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Shabab Al Ordon | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Sahab | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Sareeh | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 20 |
| 12 | Al Ahli | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -25 | 13 |
| 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 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |