Game week two of the Premier League campaign and the sides have digested the first match. Here's the Al Arabi - Al Duhail pre-match guide:
It's no vacation for neither Arabi nor Al Duhail as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Arabi form and stats
The previous season, Al Arabi's league stats were 8 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 7th position in the Premier League. From these 22 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 32. Performing at home in the last season Al Arabi delivered 6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 14 conceded.
It's back home for Arabi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Wakrah away with the result 1-0. A. Boupendza found the net in that victory.
In the match before that, Arabi hosted Al Sailiya and drew the QSL Cup game 2-2.Al Duhail form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Duhail performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 20/13 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Al Duhail and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 2 draws and 2 losses from 11 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Duhail, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Al Khor (placed 12th) in the Premier League last time out.
A 1-2 defeat away at Al Shorta before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Duhail has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi-Al Duhail H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arabi zero wins, Al Duhail eight wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Olunga Ogada 2 goals | ![]() A. Boupendza Pozzi 1 goals | ![]() K. Mohammed 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Al Arabi | Last season | Al Duhail | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 20 | 53 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 55% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 55% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 9% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Sailiya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 Sadd | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 60 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 12 |