Statistics people will highlight a pronounced contrast in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Al Arabi in front of Al Shamal by 15 points.
- All of Al Arabi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Al Shamal.
This could be an appealing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Al Arabi form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Arabi so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Al Arabi, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The supporters are hoping that Arabi will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Qatar Prince Cup fixture against Al Sadd.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Al Rayyan.The Al Arabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Al Arabi have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Al Shamal form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Shamal playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Recent form does not give Al Shamal much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Al Arabi will be a tough nut to crack.
Home advantage was not enough for Shamal in their previous game as they lost hosting Al Sailiya, 0-5. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Al Sailiya was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Al Rayyan.It's early days yet, but Al Shamal has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi have won all of the 10 latest duels versus this team. Will the streak continue?The two teams involved played each other before this match year: Al Shamal - Al Arabi 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Al Somah 8 goals |  Y. Msakni 7 goals |   Y. Bammou 3 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Shamal missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Shamal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 70% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 17% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 44% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 28% |
| 7.6 | 9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.2 | 8.9 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
- Al Arabi have scored more than double the goals of Al Shamal.
- Al Arabi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Shamal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Shamal 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 Duhail | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
