Al Sadd have delivered 1 home wins this season, Al Markhiya have won 1 away. Who boosts their results in this meeting?
- Al Sadd have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Markhiya have won significantly more corners away than at home.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Sadd form and stats
Al Sadd have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sadd, their manager Díez and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Happy days for Al Sadd in their previous game, a fixture away at Al Arabi (placed 2nd) that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Before that match, a win away at Al Rayyan.A decent goal production from Al Sadd in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
Al Markhiya form and stats
Playing away, Al Markhiya have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Al Markhiya's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Al Ahli (placed 5th). Markhiya's last match (vs Al Ahli) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Hussein. As mentioned above, Al Markhiya drew the match against Al Ahli. Manager Mubarak brought on Hussein to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A defeat, in the QSL Cup away at Al Gharafa, before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Markhiya as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Markhiya have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded match featuring both these contenders is the Al Markhiya - Al Sadd 4-3 played not long ago this season. Data for the prior three meetings between these two participants are: one win for Al Sadd, one draw and one win for Al Markhiya. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hussein 5 goals |   S. Cazorla González 3 goals | B. Bounedjah 3 goals |
Al Sadd missing players
Al Markhiya missing players
| Al Sadd | Al Markhiya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 62% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 10.4 |
| 6 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 33% |
| 11.6 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
- Al Markhiya have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Al Sadd have scored in all their matches so far.
- Al Sadd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Sadd have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Al Sadd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 Duhail | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Arabi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Al Wakrah | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Qatar SC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Al Sadd | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 8 | Al Shamal | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Markhiya | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
