The Al Gharafa & Al Rayyan managers S. Jokanović and D. Aguirre Camblor are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Al Gharafa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Shahaniya (placed 11th). Before that game, the home loss against Al Sadd with the scoreline 1-5.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Al Gharafa's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Al Rayyan form and stats
Al Rayyan, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Premier League games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Al Rayyan as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Al Rayyan's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Al Duhail game.
The Al Rayyan goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 202 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Rayyan, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Umm Salal (placed 12th) in the Premier League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al Wakrah.
As mentioned above, Al Rayyan was the only team on the pitch versus Umm Salal in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Y. Brahimi's lethal finishing against Umm Salal. 3 goals was a big reason for the important victory.
Al Rayyan create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 16 goals in 6 travels. Al Rayyan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Rayyan - Al Gharafa 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Al Gharafa victories, 3 draws and 2 Al Rayyan wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 10 goals |   S. Hanni 9 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 8 goals |
Al Gharafa missing players
Al Rayyan missing players
| Al Gharafa | Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 5.8 | 7.8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | 43 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 48 | 106 |
| 44 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 31 | 59 |
| 48% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | 47% |
- Al Gharafa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Gharafa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Al Rayyan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Al Rayyan has the most clean sheets (6)
- Al Rayyan has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
- Al Rayyan has the the best goal difference (+19)
- Al Rayyan have not yet lost a game.
- Al Rayyan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Rayyan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Rayyan have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Gharafa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Al Rayyan's away-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 Duhail | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Shahaniya | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -20 | 5 |