Al Ahli open their doors to Al Gharafa for another entertaining Premier League match here at Al Thumama Stadium.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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
A Premier League draw at home so far for Al Ahli. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 11 matches.
It's back home for Al Ahli, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Rayyan away with the result 2-1. Kanani and Naimat found the net in that victory. A late climax in the match against Al Rayyan as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Kanani.
Heartbreak before that as Al Ahli lost 2-3 at Al Sadd's place.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Ahli at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Things could have gone better for Al Gharafa in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Gharafa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Al Sadd (placed 5th).
A 1-2 defeat away at Al Shamal before that.3 goals so far away for Al Gharafa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Al Ahli won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Al Gharafa got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Alnaimat 3 goals | M. Kanani Zadegan 2 goals |   Y. Brahimi 2 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 4.2 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 16.8 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Al Ahli | Last season | Al Gharafa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 22 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Conceded | C | 26 | 40 | ||
| 77% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 77% | ||
| 45% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 55% | 45% | ||
| 50% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 55% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 41% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 13 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 Arabi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Al Sadd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Duhail | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Al Shamal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 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 |
