Al Ahli battle against Al Gharafa for fame and success.
This is a local fight, usually meaning more motivation and significance.
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 Ahli form and stats
Al Ahli's first Premier League home game here at Al Thumama Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 11 matches.
The regulars are hoping that Al Ahli will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Al Sadd (placed 1st). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ahead of that match, Ahli lost 1-2 at home to Al Duhail.The manager Markanovic will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Bidda in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Ahli at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Al Gharafa form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al Gharafa and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 11 games.
Impressive finishing from Brahimi (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Al Markhiya in their previous game.
Before that, Al Gharafa travelled to Qatar SC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.After this away game Al Gharafa return home for a QFA Cup game against Lusail City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Gharafa has managed {4 goals} and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Al Gharafa have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Ahli.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 3 goals |   N. Sliti 2 goals |  A. Alganehi 2 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 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% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 10.5 | 11 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 25 | 21 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 18.5 |
| 9.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6.5 |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Al Gharafa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 86% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 18% | ||
| 73% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 13.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Markhiya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Mu'aidar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Markhiya | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
