Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Gharafa & Al Wakrah face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emir Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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 Gharafa form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Al Gharafa have to build on here at Al Janoub Stadium in the Premier League.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Sailiya (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Gharafa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Gharafa as a small favourite), we find nine games. Al Gharafa has won three of these, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Al Gharafa in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Al Gharafa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Wakrah form and stats
They also participated in Emir Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Al Wakrah's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Wakrah collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Al Sadd wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Wakrah playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Al Wakrah wins, three draws and three defeats.
Wakrah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Gharafa victories, two draws and four Al Wakrah wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 11 goals |   J. Dala 11 goals |  M. Benyettou 9 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12.9 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 49% | ||
| 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 |
