Al Duhail and Al Arabi are both high-flying in the Premier League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Let's hope for a super fixture!
- Al Duhail have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Duhail nor Al Arabi 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.
Al Duhail form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Al Duhail have scored 17 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Duhail.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Al Khor in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Ahli and winning 6-0.Duhail are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost one.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Duhail has scored 17 goals here in 6 home games. Duhail have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Arabi collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Al Wakrah with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Umm Salal was the result prior to that, in a home game.Al Arabi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Arabi are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Al Duhail and Al Arabi have played each other before this season: Al Arabi - Duhail 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Duhail eight wins, two draws and Al Arabi zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 13 goals |  A. Abdulla 4 goals |   Y. Msakni 4 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Duhail | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 17% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13.8 | 11.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 48% | 55% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 7.1 | 8.8 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | 10.1 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Al Arabi have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Arabi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Arabi have the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
- Al Arabi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Al Arabi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Duhail have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Duhail have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Duhail have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
- Al Duhail have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
- Al Duhail have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Duhail haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Duhail'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 Sadd | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 31 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Qatar SC | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 12 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 5 |
