A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Gharafa fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Al Khor's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here.
It's back home for Gharafa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Al Duhail away with the result 3-0. Ahmed Alaa Eldin found the net in that victory. Before that, Al Gharafa had a QSL Cup home game versus Al Sadd which ended with a victory 4-2.
The Gharafa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Al Khor form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Al Khor have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
There were no winners in Khor's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Sailiya (placed 6th). A loss against Al Rayyan was the result prior to that, in a QSL Cup home game.
Al Khor have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Al Gharafa wins - draws - Al Khor wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kodjia 4 goals |  S. Hanni 2 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 2 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Khor missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Khor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 35 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 57% | 71% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have scored more than double the goals of Al Khor.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Khor has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
- Al Khor have yet to win a game.
- All of Al Gharafa's 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Al Kharitiyath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Arabi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |