A cursory peek at the Premier League standings suggest an edge to Al Wakrah when they arrive at Al Rayyan. But; let's play before we elect a winner!
- Al Rayyan have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah 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 Rayyan form and stats
The overall Premier League results playing at home this season for Al Rayyan are 1-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Rayyan played out an unexpected loss 1-2 against Al Sadd in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans.
Before that, Rayyan had a home game versus Al Sailiya which ended with a victory 2-0.On the other hand, Al Rayyan have conceded 7 goals.
Al Wakrah form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Al Wakrah failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Al Arabi (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that defeat this club had taken at least a draw from seven league matches in a row.
Before that match, 2-2 away against Al Ahli in the QSL Cup.
The Wakrah manager López has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 4 league matches. Al Wakrah have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: six wins for Rayyan, two draws and two wins for Al Wakrah. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. One of the stars has been Boli with 8 goals scored against Al Wakrah in these 10 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dala 8 goals |   Y. Boli 3 goals | M. Benyettou 3 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 23% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| 10.9 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.8 | 8.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Al Rayyan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Rayyan have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Al Rayyan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Wakrah have not yet lost a game away.
- Al Wakrah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Wakrah have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Wakrah have scored more than double the goals of Al Rayyan.
- Al Wakrah have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Wakrah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Wakrah'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 Arabi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Ahli | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Shamal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Al Sadd | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
