Al Duhail have journeyed here for an entertaining duel versus the home side Al Markhiya. Get ready for the fixture with this full Premier League preview!
- Al Markhiya have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
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 Al Markhiya and Al Duhail.
Al Markhiya form and stats
The overall Premier League results at home this season for Al Markhiya are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Markhiya regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Al Janoub Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Al Wakrah (placed 4th).
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Al Ahli in the QFA Cup.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Al Markhiya at home in the league. 0 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Al Duhail form and stats
Things could have gone better for Al Duhail in their Premier League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Al Duhail, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Al Gharafa (placed 2nd). That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Late heartbreak for Duhail in the Al Gharafa match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
Before that, 0-0 away against Istiqlol Dushanbe in the AFC Champions League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Persepolis in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Duhail are regular goalscorers on their travels. Duhail have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's one Al Markhiya victory, zero draws and eight Al Duhail wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 4 goals |  I. Diallo 2 goals |   Y. Njie 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 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 16.7 | 14.8 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | 44% |
| 17.5 | 20.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 7 | 6 |
- Al Markhiya have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Premier League
- Al Markhiya have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
- Al Markhiya have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
- Al Markhiya have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
- Al Markhiya have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Premier League
| Al Markhiya | Last season | Al Duhail | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 0 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 73% | ||
| 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 68% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 27% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Rayyan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Mu'aidar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Shamal | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Markhiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Markhiya | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 9 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Shamal | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
