National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Arabi or Al Shamal that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Al Arabi nor Al Shamal 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
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Al Arabi have performed here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
Al Arabi's previous fixture was a Emir Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 versus Al Shamal. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Al Duhail.Arabi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games.
Al Shamal form and stats
Al Shamal was sent out of Emir Cup in the round of 16 last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Shamal so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
The Shamal goalkeeper Babacar Seck is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 211 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Al Shamal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Al Arabi in the Emir Cup.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Qatar SC.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Al Shamal we find 4 games. Results are 0 Al Shamal wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Al Shamal have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Arabi have won all of the 11 most recent games versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 9 goals |  Y. Msakni 8 goals |   Y. Bammou 4 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Shamal | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Al Rayyan | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 9 |
