With the edgy opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Premier League battle of the season. Al Arabi eagerly anticipate Al Rayyan in front of their home support.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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.
Al Arabi form and stats
The previous season, Al Arabi's league results were 11 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 4th position in the Premier League. In these 22 matches they scored 34 goals and let in 31. Performing as the home team in the former season Al Arabi generated 4-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 21 conceded. Al Arabi have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from 11 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Al Arabi, as their goalkeeper Mahmud Ibrahim Abunad has completely shut out the opponents for 194 minutes in the Premier League.
Arabi's last game was hosting Qatar SC (placed 10th) and winning 2-0.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Umm Salal.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Al Arabi matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 6 games).
Al Arabi has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Rayyan performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 10/15 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Al Shamal with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
hometeam won
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Arabi victories, three draws and four Al Rayyan wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Kala 1 goals | A. Fathy 1 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Arabi | Last season | Al Rayyan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 40 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 82% | ||
| 50% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 41% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 55% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 37% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 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 Wakrah | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Al Markhiya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Al Sadd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Duhail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 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 |
