With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Al Arabi fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Wakrah.
- Al Arabi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Wakrah have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Arabi after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Umm Salal (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Before that, Arabi played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Al Gharafa.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Arabi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Arabi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Al Arabi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Wakrah form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Wakrah so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Al Wakrah aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 225 league minutes without a goal. M. Benyettou was the last player to find the net.
The manager B. Márquez López was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium (Al-Wakrah Stadium). Wakrah suffered a 0-3 loss to Al Rayyan (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Umm Salal.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Wakrah when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning zero games.
The attacking power of Wakrah when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As for defending, Wakrah rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Arabi and Al Wakrah have met before this season: Al Wakrah - Arabi 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arabi won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Al Wakrah has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 6 goals |  M. Benyettou 5 goals | M. Elneel 3 goals |
Al Arabi missing players
Al Wakrah missing players
| Al Arabi | Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 60% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 53% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 40% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 10.2 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 32% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 23% | 32% |
- 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 at home.
- Al Wakrah have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 50 | 41 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Ahli | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -5 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Wakrah | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | -23 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 23 | -27 | 6 |