Only the second game in the Premier League for these teams and it's all to play for as Al Ahli welcomes Al Arabi. Check out this preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ahli and Al Arabi.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Ahli form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Ahli last season were 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 11 games.
Ahli's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Al Wakrah (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Al Sadd with the scoreline 0-2.
Early season league goal statistics from Al Ahli's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Last season, Al Ahli's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Al Ahli managed 2-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 18 conceded.
Al Arabi form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al Arabi and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 11 games.
Arabi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Khor (placed 6th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Al Rayyan.
It looked so good for Arabi vs Al Khor, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
2 goals so far away for Al Arabi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Al Arabi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 15/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Ahli won six, Al Arabi won three and one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Elneel 2 goals |  O. Ebrahimi 1 goals |  N. El Zhar 1 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Al Arabi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 27% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 176 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 144 | ||
| 57 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 66 | ||
| 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Khor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 51 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -19 | 16 |