A total of 16 rounds of games have gone by and both Al Gharafa and Al Sadd are up there with the best. Let's get started!
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning increased stress and significance.
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
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Gharafa at their home stadium is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's back home for Al Gharafa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Qatar SC away with the result 3-2. Diabaté and Ahmed (2) found the net in that victory.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Umm Salal.Al Gharafa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Al Gharafa have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Sadd form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Al Sadd so far, with 7-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Sadd as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
Al Sadd play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-0 victory visiting Al Wakrah (placed 3rd).
A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Al Arabi.As mentioned earlier, Al Sadd will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in twelve wins (ten by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and one surprising defeat.
The Al Sadd manager Carlos has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 30 goals in 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Al Sadd - Al Gharafa 6-4. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Al Gharafa, two draws and seven wins for Al Sadd. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. One of the profiles has been Bounedjah with 10 goals scored against Al Gharafa in these 10 matches.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 11 goals |  A. Afif 10 goals |  A. Ayew Pelé 10 goals |
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| Al Gharafa | Al Sadd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 23 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| 44% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 88% | 79% |
| 31% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 11% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 64% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 25% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 13 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 18.2 | 16.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| 35% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | 49% |
| 10.7 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have not yet lost a game.
- Al Sadd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Sadd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Sadd have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Gharafa have scored home.
- Al Sadd have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Sadd have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most points (22) away in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (30) away in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the the best goal difference (+39) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sadd is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- All of Al Sadd'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 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 39 | 40 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 33 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 26 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -18 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -23 | 11 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -20 | 7 |
