Al Sailiya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Al Gharafa.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Al Sailiya form and stats
Al Sailiya have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-3. Al Sailiya are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Happy days for Al Sailiya in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Qatar SC (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Al Sailiya lost 0-3 at Al Sadd's place.
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 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Al Gharafa form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Al Gharafa have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.
Al Gharafa has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Al Ahli for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). A 0-1 defeat away at Al Ahli before that.
Al Gharafa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Al Gharafa have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Gharafa - Al Sailiya 1-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Sailiya five wins, zero draws and Al Gharafa five victories. As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 S. Hanni 11 goals |  A. Abdelmotaal 9 goals |   K. Ansarifard 6 goals |
Al Sailiya missing players
Al Gharafa missing players
| Al Sailiya | Al Gharafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 20 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 80% |
| 53% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 20% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 120 | 61 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 78 | 142 |
| 46 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 30 | 62 |
| 35% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | 42% |
- Al Gharafa have scored at least twice as many goals away as Al Sailiya have scored home.
- Al Sailiya have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Sailiya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Al Gharafa | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Al Sailiya | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Qatar SC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Al Khor | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Umm Salal | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 10 |
| 12 | Al Shahaniya | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 9 |