The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Al Duhail are in the 5th position while the guesting Al Arabi worry at 10th.
- Al Duhail has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Duhail form and stats
Al Duhail have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-3.
The Duhail crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Al Sailiya here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium in a Premier League match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Kharitiyath in a game that was won 4-1.
The Duhail fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Duhail have conceded 10 from these games.
Al Arabi form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Al Arabi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Al Arabi's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Al Rayyan (placed 4th). Prior to that match, the Arabi manager H. Hallgrímsson faced defeat when travelling to Qatar SC and losing 0-3.
Arabi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). The Al Arabi manager H. Hallgrímsson has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Duhail won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Arabi has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Abdulla 3 goals |  E. Pereira Rodrigues 3 goals |   M. Mohammadi 3 goals |
Al Duhail missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Duhail | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 12 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.5 | 9 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 30% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 32% |
- Al Arabi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Arabi have yet to win a game away.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Duhail has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Duhail have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Duhail have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Arabi have scored away.
- Al Duhail haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Arabi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Al Duhail's home-matches have had more than 2,5 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 24 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Al Arabi | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Kharitiyath | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |