The Al Ahli & Al Gharafa managers N. Jovović and S. Jokanović are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their matches so far.
Al Ahli and Al Gharafa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Ahli form and stats
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Ahli, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League, so far this season.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Rayyan in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Umm Salal with a 2-0 scoreline.
Al Ahli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ahli defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Al Gharafa form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Premier League away games so far for Al Gharafa with six points collected from three matches.
Al Gharafa won their last game, 6-3 versus Al Khor played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Al Duhail.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Al Khor was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today?
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gharafa manager S. Jokanović as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Sadd.
The Gharafa manager S. Jokanović has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. In the opposite end, Gharafa have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Ahli, two draws and six wins for Al Gharafa. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  N. El Zhar 6 goals |   J. Kodjia 4 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 3 goals |
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| Al Ahli | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 29% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 8.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 42% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 64% |
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most points (10) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ahli have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Ahli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Al Gharafa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Arabi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 4 |