Al Sadd journey to Al Gharafa and Thani Bin Jassim Stadium packed with optimism, but the home team is no pushover. More news on the match here!
- Al Gharafa have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Gharafa and Al Sadd should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Gharafa form and stats
2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Gharafa so far this season.
A strong away win for Al Gharafa against Al Wakrah the last match, as Fodhayli, Brahimi and Ahmed (2) were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Al Gharafa played a great game against Al Wakrah and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Sailiya and winning 2-1.An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.
Al Gharafa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Gharafa have conceded 7 goals.
Al Sadd form and stats
3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Sadd in their Premier League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Al Sadd hope to make it five in this match.
304 minutes! That's how long the Sadd goalkeeper Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The followers enjoyed Al Sadd's previous fixture versus Al Arabi, a Qatar Prince Cup win (3-1) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Umm Salal in the Premier League.Al Sadd has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Sadd have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought previously this season: Al Sadd - Al Gharafa 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Gharafa wins - draws - Al Sadd wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Afif with 9 goals scored against Al Gharafa in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Brahimi 6 goals |   B. Bounedjah 5 goals |  I. Belfodil 4 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 92% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 73% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.2 | 1.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 8.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.3 | 13.7 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 40% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 31% |
| 13.3 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13 | 10.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4 |
- Al Gharafa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Al Gharafa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Gharafa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Gharafa have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
- Al Gharafa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sadd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Sadd have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Gharafa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Al Sadd'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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Wakrah | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
