With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premier League game of the season. Al Gharafa look forward to welcoming Al Rayyan in front of their home support.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gharafa and Al Rayyan.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Gharafa form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Gharafa last season were 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from 11 games.
Gharafa's last game was hosting Qatar SC (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. 1-1 away at Al Sadd before that.
Al Gharafa has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Last season, Al Gharafa's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Al Gharafa managed 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 16 conceded.
Al Rayyan form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al Rayyan and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 11 games.
Rayyan are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Al Sailiya (placed 8th). The game before that, in the QSL Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Al Arabi.
1 goal so far away for Al Rayyan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Al Rayyan performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 40 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 24/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Gharafa, two draws and two wins for Al Rayyan. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hanni 1 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 1 goals |  D. Traoré 1 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| Al Gharafa | Last season | Al Rayyan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 15 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 64% | ||
| 55% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 41% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 59% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 59% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 209 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 181 | ||
| 84 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 102 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Al Khor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Al Rayyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Al Wakrah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Duhail | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 51 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | Al Arabi | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -19 | 16 |