With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Al Sailiya fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Ahli.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Al Sailiya form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Sailiya have to build on here in the Premier League.
The fans are hoping that Al Sailiya will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Al Khor (placed 10th). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Umm Salal.
The Al Sailiya fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Al Ahli form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Ahli so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Al Ahli much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Al Sailiya will be a tough nut to crack. Al Ahli has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
N. El Zhar was the last player to score for the away team. Al Ahli haven't scored a league goal in the last 254 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Al Arabi with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Al Duhail.
The travelling fans enjoy Al Ahli's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. For Al Ahli, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Ahli - Al Sailiya 3-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Al Sailiya, 2 draws and 3 wins for Al Ahli. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hernández Platero 6 goals |   K. Ansarifard 5 goals |  N. El Zhar 3 goals |
Al Sailiya missing players
Al Ahli missing players
| Al Sailiya | Al Ahli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 83% | 83% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 58% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | 53 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 43 | 98 |
| 40 | 20 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 56% | 47% |
- Al Ahli have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Ahli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sailiya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Sailiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Al Ahli'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 Duhail | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 28 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Shahaniya | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -20 | 5 |