Al Markhiya open their doors to Al Duhail for another engaging Premier League game here at Khalifa International Stadium.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Al Markhiya nor Al Duhail as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Markhiya form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Khalifa International Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Al Markhiya last season were 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from 7 games.
The Al Markhiya followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Khalifa International Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Al Duhail (placed 7th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Al Arabi.Al Markhiya has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Duhail form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premier League for Al Duhail and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 11 games.
Duhail play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Al Markhiya (placed 8th).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Al Rayyan.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Duhail has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Al Duhail have won every one of the 5 latest battles versus this team. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 3 goals | A. Al Muhannadi 1 goals |  J. Hamroun 1 goals |
Al Markhiya missing players
Al Duhail missing players
| Al Markhiya | Al Duhail | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.5 | 12 |
| 3.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 27% |
| 9.2 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Al Markhiya | Last season | Al Duhail | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 30 | 59 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 57% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 21% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 47% | ||
| 8.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 Arabi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Shamal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Al Duhail | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Markhiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 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 Markhiya | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Kharitiyath | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Lusail City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Al Shahaniya | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Bidda | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Mesaimeer | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Mu'aidar | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Nasr | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 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 Sadd | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 56 | 62 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 35 | 47 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 25 |
| 8 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -19 | 16 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | -25 | 16 |
