Al Gharafa are considered as probable winners of this home game against Al Ahli, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning added motivation and importance.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Gharafa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Gharafa at their home stadium is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Gharafa are returning here after visiting Al Shamal in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Gabriel, Hanni and Surag scored the goal(s).
Ahead of that match, Gharafa won a home game hosting Al Sailiya (3-0).The Gharafa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Gharafa have only let in 3 goals at home.
Al Ahli form and stats
The visitors are W0-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The supporters enjoyed Ahli's previous game versus Qatar SC (placed 7th), a Premier League 1-0 win played at home.
A loss against Al Duhail was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ahli have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli - Al Gharafa 0-1 was the product when this pair of teams previously met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gharafa six wins, one draw and Al Ahli three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 6 goals |   P. Eze 4 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 3 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | 11 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 42% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 33% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 58% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 25% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 39% | 38% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 19% |
| 10.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
- Al Ahli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al Ahli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Ahli have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Al Ahli have yet to win a game away.
- Al Gharafa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Al Gharafa have scored more than double the goals of Al Ahli.
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 25 |
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 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 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 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 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 5 |
