Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Gharafa & Al Kharitiyath face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Gharafa form and stats
Last season, Al Gharafa's Emir Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Gharafa so far this season.
The home team returns after drawing with Al Khor on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Al Sadd with the scoreline 1-5.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gharafa as they are travelling to their away game against Al Wakrah in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The Al Gharafa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Al Gharafa have conceded 12 goals.
Al Kharitiyath form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The manager Panait was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Al-Khwar Stadium. Kharitiyath suffered a 0-2 loss to Al Markhiya.
Prior to that result Al Kharitiyath won their away game at Al Nasr in the Q League. The scoreline was 3-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Al Kharitiyath played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Gharafa wins - draws - Al Kharitiyath wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 8 goals |  G. Appelt Pires 5 goals |  A. Alganehi 3 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Kharitiyath missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Kharitiyath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 47 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 10 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 |
