National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi or Al Sailiya that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Al Arabi nor Al Sailiya 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 Arabi form and stats
Arabi was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Emir Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Al Arabi have only managed 3 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses from their games here.
Al Arabi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Al Ahli.
Ahead of that match, Arabi won a home game hosting Al Shamal (4-2).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Al Arabi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
The Al Arabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Al Sailiya's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Al Sailiya only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.
Al Sailiya delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al Rayyan in their previous fixture.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Al Wakrah's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sailiya as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Al Sailiya have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Al Arabi wins - draws - Al Sailiya wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. One of the stars has been Mohammadi with 7 goals scored against Al Sailiya in these 10 games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Boupendza Pozzi 6 goals |  Y. Msakni 5 goals |  A. Bakr Adam 5 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Sailiya missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Sailiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Conceded | C | 27 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 44% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 Sadd | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 45 | 46 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -21 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -21 | 8 |
