Al Sadd are positioned 1st, while Al Arabi are hanging back 11 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (46) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
The hosts Al Sadd saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Shamal.
Al Sadd form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Sadd, who have the most scored goals (46) in Premier League, have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Sadd haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al Nassr, 267 days ago.
A strong away win for Al Sadd against Al Shamal the last match, as Assadalla, Afif, Mashaal, Heidos and Tabata were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Sailiya and winning 2-0.Al Sadd are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 19 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Al Sadd has won 18 times, drawn zero and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Sadd has won by at least two goals 15 times when in this position.
It's goals goals goals for Al Sadd who have scored 22 goals from 5 league home games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Arabi form and stats
Al Arabi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Arabi collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Qatar SC with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Sailiya with the score of 1-0.Nobody expects Arabi to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath four times before, with the overall statistics of won three, draw zero and lost one. When defeated, zero matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Al Arabi find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Al Arabi are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played earlier this season: Al Arabi - Al Sadd 0-4. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Al Sadd won nine, Al Arabi were winners in zero and we saw one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Afif 6 goals |
Al Sadd missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Sadd | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 46 | 22 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 73% |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 40% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 62% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 15.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 13 | 10.9 |
| 8.1 | 8.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 47% | 51% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 5% | 23% | 24% |
| 8.8 | 8.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 11.9 | 10.8 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Al Arabi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Al Arabi have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
- Al Arabi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Al Arabi have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Al Arabi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Sadd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Sadd have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Sadd have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
- Al Sadd have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (22) at home in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals (46) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Premier League
- Al Sadd have the the best goal difference (+31) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Sadd have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sadd is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- All of Al Sadd's 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 Sadd | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 34 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Umm Salal | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Al Rayyan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Shamal | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 6 |
