Al Arabi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Al Ahli.
- Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Arabi form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Arabi, as their goalkeeper Mahmud Ibrahim Abunad has completely shut out the opponents for 220 minutes in the Premier League.
Arabi's last game was hosting Al Khor (placed 11th) and winning 3-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Al Sailiya.
The Arabi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Al Ahli form and stats
Al Ahli are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Ahli, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Al Wakrah (placed 9th) in the Premier League last time out. Preceding that, the 3-5 home loss versus Al Duhail.
Ahli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Ahli's manager N. Jovović has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 0 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Arabi and Al Ahli have met before this season: Al Ahli - Al Arabi 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Arabi, one draw and six wins for Al Ahli. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  N. El Zhar 10 goals |   M. Mohammadi 6 goals |  H. Pérez González 4 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 92% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 42% |
| 33% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 8% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 42% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 11.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7.4 |
| 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 34% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 41% |
- Al Ahli has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
- Al Ahli has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Ahli have won all their away games so far.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Arabi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Arabi'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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 33 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 22 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Rayyan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -22 | 6 |