Match preview Premier League: Al Arabi - Al Gharafa at Grand Hamad Stadium

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Competition: Qatar Premier League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 18:35 (UTC)
Venue: Grand Hamad Stadium (13000 seats)

Al Arabi will battle it out with Al Gharafa in this Premier League game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Al Arabi form and stats

As mentioned below, Al Arabi are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games. Al Arabi has recorded two wins in a row here at Grand Hamad Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Al Arabi drew their last game, 1-1 away at Al Khor (placed 10th). In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Al Khor with a 3-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Arabi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Arabi at home in the league. 5 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Al Gharafa form and stats

Al Gharafa are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Al Gharafa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Al Duhail (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Al Wakrah.

It looked so good for Al Gharafa vs Al Duhail, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Gharafa playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 0 Al Gharafa wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The Al Gharafa manager S. Jokanović has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Al Gharafa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 1 - 5 (Al Arabi wins - draws - Al Gharafa wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al GharafaV. Weiss
V. Weiss
8 goals
Al GharafaW. Sneijder
W. Sneijder
6 goals

Al Arabi missing players

Al Gharafa missing players

Al Arabi Al Gharafa
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
14 5 3 Scored S 0 6 13
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 83%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 67%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 17%
 
5.2 5 8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.7 6.8
5 3.5 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.7 3.2
1 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Al Arabi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Arabi have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Al Arabi have won all their home matches so far.
  • Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Al Gharafa have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Gharafa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Al Gharafa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • All of Al Arabi's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.

Al Arabi
All QSL Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away Home vs mid
29-08-19 PL Al Duhail 1 - 1 Al Arabi
13-09-19 PL Umm Salal 1 - 5 Al Arabi
19-09-19 PL Al Arabi 2 - 1 Al Shahaniya
04-10-19 PL Al Khor 1 - 3 Al Arabi
12-10-19 QSL Al Khor 1 - 1 Al Arabi
20-10-19 PL Al Arabi 18:35 Al Gharafa
25-10-19 PL Al Arabi 18:30 Al Rayyan
01-11-19 PL Al Arabi 17:25 Al Wakrah
07-11-19 PL Al Arabi 17:20 Al Sailiya
16-11-19 QSL Al Arabi 16:10 Al Sailiya
Al Gharafa
All QSL Cup Premier League AFC Champions League
All Home Away Away vs top
14-09-19 PL Qatar SC 1 - 3 Al Gharafa
19-09-19 PL Al Gharafa 3 - 1 Al Ahli
28-09-19 PL Al Gharafa 1 - 3 Al Sailiya
03-10-19 PL Al Wakrah 3 - 3 Al Gharafa
12-10-19 QSL Al Duhail 2 - 2 Al Gharafa
20-10-19 PL Al Arabi 18:35 Al Gharafa
26-10-19 PL Al Duhail 18:30 Al Gharafa
02-11-19 PL Al Khor 15:15 Al Gharafa
09-11-19 PL Al Gharafa 17:20 Umm Salal
16-11-19 QSL Al Gharafa 14:00 Qatar SC

  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 Rayyan 7 4 3 0 17 6 4 2 2 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 11 15
2 Al Duhail 6 4 2 0 11 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 3 0 0 7 3 5 14
3 Al Arabi 5 4 1 0 14 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 9 3 9 13
4 Al Sadd 5 4 0 1 18 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 10 2 10 12
5 Al Gharafa 6 3 2 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 0 6 4 5 11
6 Al Ahli 7 3 1 3 13 13 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 7 8 0 10
7 Al Sailiya 7 3 1 3 10 11 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 10
8 Al Wakrah 7 2 1 4 12 16 3 1 1 1 7 7 4 1 0 3 5 9 -4 7
9 Umm Salal 6 1 2 3 7 12 2 1 0 1 3 6 4 0 2 2 4 6 -5 5
10 Al Khor 6 1 1 4 6 11 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 4
11 Qatar SC 7 1 0 6 4 16 4 1 0 3 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 8 -12 3
12 Al Shahaniya 7 0 2 5 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 11 3 0 1 2 3 7 -13 2

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