Premier League match preview: Al Markhiya believed to be the weaker party when Al Rayyan pays a visit

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Competition: Qatar Premier League
Competition: Thu 17.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Janoub Stadium (40000 seats)

Al Markhiya and Al Rayyan are ready to show off their new people and skills: It's their premier fixture of the Premier League season.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Al Markhiya form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Al Markhiya as they were promoted from Q League last season. Happy days that were secured through 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 21 games. The team scored 13 goals at home last season and conceded 16. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Al Rayyan form and stats

Let's have a look at how Al Rayyan performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 15/15 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Al Rayyan have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Al Rayyan win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the last eight meetings): Al Markhiya won two games, one match ended with a tie and Al Rayyan have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.

Al Markhiya missing players

Al Rayyan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Markhiya Al Rayyan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Al Markhiya Last season Al Rayyan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 0   Played P   11 22
0 0   Won W   3 5
0 0   Drew D   3 5
1 0   Lost L   5 12
1 0   Scored S   15 29
3 0   Conceded C   15 33
100% 0%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 95%
100% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
100% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
100% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 27%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
100% 0%   BTTS BTTS   55% 59%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 14%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   36% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.7
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.4
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.2
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 11.7
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.3

  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 Ahli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Arabi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Duhail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Gharafa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al Markhiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al Mu'aidar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Rayyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Sadd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Shamal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Wakrah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Qatar SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Umm Salal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Table
  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 Ahli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Al Arabi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al Duhail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Gharafa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al Markhiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al Mu'aidar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Rayyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al Sadd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al Shamal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al Wakrah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Qatar SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Umm Salal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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