Al Gharafa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Al Rayyan.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Gharafa form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Al Gharafa has to build on here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium.Happy days for Al Gharafa in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Al Arabi (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Kharitiyath.
Al Gharafa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium with 16 goals in 10 matches. Al Gharafa have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Al Rayyan form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Al Rayyan have lost on their last two travels.Al Rayyan won their last game, 1-0 versus Al Khor played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Lokomotiv in the AFC Champions League.
Al Rayyan have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. As opposed to that, Al Rayyan have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Gharafa and Al Rayyan have met before this season: Al Rayyan - Al Gharafa 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Al Gharafa won 6 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Al Rayyan has 2 wins.Top Goalscorers
  Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata 7 goals |   V. Weiss 6 goals |  W. Sneijder 6 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
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| Al Gharafa | Al Rayyan | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | Played | 9 | 19 |
| 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 95% |
| 89% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 78% | 74% |
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | 44% | 42% |
| 37% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 26% |
| 21% | 30% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 11% |
| 58% | 50% | Both teams to score | 56% | 42% |
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 37% |
| 21% | 30% | Failed To Score | 11% | 26% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Al Sadd | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 68 | 50 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 33 | 46 |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Al Sailiya | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 30 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Gharafa | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Shahaniya | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -13 | 20 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 15 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -33 | 12 |
