Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Al Ahli - Al Rayyan!
Al Rayyan could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ahli form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Al Ahli, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League, have to build on here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium in the Premier League.
A strong away win for Al Ahli against Umm Salal the last match, as N. El Zhar (2) were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Al Gharafa with the scoreline 0-3.
The Ahli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Ahli are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).
Al Rayyan form and stats
Things could have gone better for Al Rayyan in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Rayyan go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Kharitiyath that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Al Khor.
Rayyan have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Rayyan have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Ahli wins - draws - Al Rayyan wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. El Zhar 5 goals |   Y. Boli 4 goals |  H. Pérez González 2 goals |
Al Ahli missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Ahli | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 8 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 35 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 37 | 50 |
| 21 | 17 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 19 | 25 |
| 48% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 21% | 32% |
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most points (9) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most scored goals (7) at home 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 Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Ahli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Arabi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |