Data, patterns, game results, form details, head-2-head, selected XIs and a lot more: Get all you should know on Al Gharafa - Al Markhiya!
- Al Gharafa have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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
Al Gharafa must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Premier League games here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium. The last three games played by Gharafa, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Al Gharafa, who played 0-0 against Al Markhiya. That match was also played at this venue (Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Umm Salal.The Gharafa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Al Gharafa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Markhiya form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Markhiya playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Al Gharafa (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Prior to that result Al Markhiya won their away game at Al Rayyan. The scoreline was 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Markhiya as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Al Gharafa one win, one draw and Al Markhiya one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 4 goals |   A. Hussein 4 goals |  I. Belfodil 2 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Markhiya missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Markhiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 71% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 44% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 11.9 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
- Al Gharafa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Al Gharafa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Gharafa have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 Arabi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Shamal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Markhiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Sadd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
