Only a win will satisfy the Al Sadd supporters in this clash with Al Khor, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
The season is still full of potential for Sadd as they can still win the whole Premier League. Khor are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Al Sadd form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Al Sadd, who have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League, have scored 18 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Sadd will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Rayyan (placed 2nd). In the match before that, Sadd hosted Al Arabi and drew the game 1-1.
The Al Sadd manager X. Hernández Creus has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Al Khor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Khor so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Khor are travelling again after losing away to Al Arabi in their previous match (0-1). Before that, Khor secured a home win against Qatar SC with the score 2-0.
The attacking power of Khor when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Khor have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Khor - Sadd 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sadd won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Al Khor has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  B. Bounedjah 12 goals |  H. Al Heidos 7 goals |  T. Bezerra 7 goals |
Al Sadd missing players
Al Khor missing players
| Al Sadd | Al Khor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 45 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 27 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 82% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 24% |
| 8.1 | 7.9 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 200 | 128 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 69 | 128 |
| 90 | 57 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 24 | 48 |
| 38% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 40% |
- Al Khor has the fewest scored goals (6) away
- Al Khor has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
- Al Khor have yet to win a game away.
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals (18) at home
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals (45)
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Al Sadd has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Al Sadd have scored more than double the goals of Al Khor.
- Al Sadd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Al Sadd's home-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 Duhail | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -18 | 14 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 10 |