Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Gharafa & Qatar SC 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 should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the final.Al Gharafa have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-4-1.
Gharafa drew their last game, also a home match. Al Ahli was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Ahead of that match, Al Gharafa won a home game hosting Al Shamal (3-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gharafa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al Gharafa as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Al Arabi are visiting.
A decent goal production from Gharafa in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Al Gharafa defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Qatar SC form and stats
Last season their Emir Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Qatar SC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-0-5 (7 played).
Qatar SC have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Baksh was the goal scorer.
Qatar play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Al Shamal.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Al Sadd's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Qatar SC in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Qatar SC, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Qatar SC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Al Ahli is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Qatar as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. The Qatar SC manager Safri has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Al Gharafa victories, three draws and four Qatar SC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 6 goals |  I. Belfodil 5 goals |   B. Malango Ngita 5 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Qatar SC missing players
| Al Gharafa | Qatar SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 12.7 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 |
