Getting nearer the top sides is the target when these two mid-table sides fight it out. Both are trying to better their league table position, Al Rayyan in 6th and Al Gharafa in 5th position.
- All of Al Rayyan's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their away matches so far.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Al Rayyan form and stats
The total Premier League stats playing at home this season for Al Rayyan are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Al Rayyan in their previous match, an away game at Al Arabi that ended in defeat 1-2.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Al Sailiya.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rayyan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.
Al Rayyan are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Rayyan having conceded 8 goals here so far.
Al Gharafa form and stats
Al Gharafa are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gharafa have lost on their last two travels.
Al Gharafa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Al Wakrah proved too strong as Al Gharafa slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Grand Hamad Stadium (Al-Arabi Stadium).
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Al Khor.Gharafa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Gharafa are regular goalscorers on their travels. There are big problems for the Al Gharafa defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Al Rayyan victories, two draws and four Al Gharafa wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Diabaté 6 goals |   Y. Boli 5 goals | M. Awad 2 goals |
Al Rayyan missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Rayyan | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 41% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 44% |
- Al Gharafa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Gharafa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Rayyan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Rayyan's home-matches have had more than 3,5 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Arabi | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Al Wakrah | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Al Gharafa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Rayyan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Umm Salal | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Al Ahli | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Khor | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 4 |