With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Al Sailiya fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Al Arabi.
- Al Sailiya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game, against Al Kharitiyath, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Arabi.
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
Al Sailiya's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Sailiya drew their last game, also a home match. Umm Salal (placed 10th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that match was the home game against Qatar SC that was lost 1-3.
The Sailiya fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Sailiya have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here.
Al Arabi form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Arabi's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Arabi only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
Arabi play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Al Kharitiyath (placed 12th). A 0-2 defeat away at Al Duhail before that.
Al Arabi find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. The Arabi manager H. Hallgrímsson has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Al Sailiya-Al Arabi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Sailiya five wins, Al Arabi three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 4 goals |   S. Mbodji 2 goals | M. Elneel 2 goals |
Al Sailiya missing players
Al Arabi missing players
| Al Sailiya | Al Arabi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 8.8 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.5 | 8.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 32% |
- Al Arabi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Al Arabi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Sailiya have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Al Sailiya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Sailiya have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Sailiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Al Arabi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Al Sailiya'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 Sadd | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Al Gharafa | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 19 |
| 4 | Al Duhail | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Al Rayyan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Al Sailiya | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Wakrah | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Al Khor | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 7 |
| 12 | Al Kharitiyath | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -16 | 6 |