It's advantage Al Sadd so far with their 1st position in the Premier League table, welcoming Al Arabi who are placed 6th.
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals (63) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Sadd form and stats
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Sadd so far, with 21 points won from 7 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Sadd has won five games in a row. The Qatar SC match was the last time out without a victory.
Sadd are confident in defense, having played 264 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sadd's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Al Ahli (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Al Sadd won a home game hosting Al Khor (7-0).
Al Sadd always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 33 goals in 7 league games. Defensively Sadd have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Arabi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Arabi, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The Al Arabi goalkeeper Mahmud Ibrahim Abunad is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Umm Salal that ended 0-0.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Arabi have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. Arabi have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Arabi - Al Sadd 1-4. Sadd-Al Arabi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sadd nine wins, Al Arabi zero wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 18 goals |  S. Cazorla González 10 goals |  R. Barbosa Tabata 7 goals |
Al Sadd missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Sadd | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 63 | 33 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 75% | 86% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 56% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 62% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.8 | 17.3 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.9 |
| 7.9 | 9 | 10.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 50% | 52% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 30% | 31% |
- Al Sadd has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals (33) at home in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals (63) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the the best goal difference (+30) at home in Premier League
- Al Sadd has the the best goal difference (+53) in Premier League
- Al Sadd have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Sadd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Sadd have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Sadd have scored more than double the goals of Al Arabi.
- Al Sadd have won all their matches at home so far.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Sadd is in the best form (5-1-0)
- All of Al Sadd's home-matches have had more than 2,5 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 53 | 44 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Qatar SC | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Al Rayyan | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Al Arabi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Al Sailiya | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 22 |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Wakrah | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | -22 | 13 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 25 | -28 | 6 |